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A New Page of Initials

If you look at the top of the page, you will notice a link to a new page of initials. This is where, as you might guess, we plan to collect decorative initials. The D above is a historiated initial, meaning that it has a picture in it; in this case, the picture is of Phyllis riding Aristotle like a horse, from a well-known medieval story that was fabulously productive of art.