MAKE A MEME View Large Image Illuminated.bible.closeup.arp.jpg A closeup of the illuminated letter P in the 1407AD Latin Bible on display in Malmesbury Abbey Wiltshire England It was hand written in Belgium by Gerard Brils for reading aloud in a monastery The ...
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Keywords: Illuminated.bible.closeup.arp.jpg A closeup of the illuminated letter P in the 1407AD Latin Bible on display in Malmesbury Abbey Wiltshire England It was hand written in Belgium by Gerard Brils for reading aloud in a monastery The illumination is a capital letter P since the letters following are ETRUS making the word PETRUS Peter in Latin The text is the beginning of the First Epistle of Peter and reads ---- <poem> multi tudinem peccatorum <span style color red; >Explicit epistola beati iacobi apostoli</span> <span style color blue; >ΒΆ</span><span style color red; > In cipit epistola beati petri apostoli prima</span> <big>P</big>etrus apo stolus ihe su christi ele ctis adue nis disper sionis pon ti galaciae capadocie asye et bithinie secundum prescienciam </poem> ---- Taken by Adrian Pingstone in February 2005 and released to the public domain Arpingstone PD-old-100-1923 First Epistle of Peter Peter 15th-century illuminated manuscripts Historiated initials from illuminated manuscripts P Miniatures of Saint Peter Taken with Olympus C-750UZ P as an initial Malmesbury bible Artworks missing infobox template
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