Historiated- adj.- Adorned with the figures of humans or animals, often with foliage, and often for narrative purposes. Used especially of initial letters in manuscripts and of the capitals of columns.
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Detail from Jan van Eyck’s Ghent Altarpiece (1432).
Omnes sancti Pontifices et Confessores, orate pro nobis.
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Detail from Jan van Eyck’s Ghent Altarpiece (1432). Omnes sancti Pontifices et Confessores, orate pro nobis.
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