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Decorated Initial, In St. Gregory of Nazianzus's 'Eight Orations' f.64r

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St. Gregory of Nazianzus (c.325-389) wrote three types of work: poetical (including epigrams, epitaphs, and epistles), prose epistles, and orations. Gregory is widely acknowledged to be one of the finest of all Christian orators. His orations were collected in various combinations, and were fairly commonly found in monastic libraries. This manuscript has ownership inscriptions of the Cistercian Abbey of Byland, in Yorkshire. The fourth oration is introduced by an initial ''D'. It is clear that the artist has used the horizontal rulings of the page to help him achieve a symmetrical design.
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Title: Decorated Initial, In St. Gregory of Nazianzus's 'Eight Orations' f.64r
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Gregory of Nazianzus (c.
325-389) wrote three types of work: poetical (including epigrams, epitaphs, and epistles), prose epistles, and orations.
Gregory is widely acknowledged to be one of the finest of all Christian orators.
His orations were collected in various combinations, and were fairly commonly found in monastic libraries.
This manuscript has ownership inscriptions of the Cistercian Abbey of Byland, in Yorkshire.
The fourth oration is introduced by an initial ''D'.
It is clear that the artist has used the horizontal rulings of the page to help him achieve a symmetrical design.

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