Alphabets & Numbers of the Middle Ages (page 5/5)

[picture: Initial Letter M With Crucifixion Scene]

This decorative initial capital letter “M” is made from the crucified Jesus, complete with a face at his feet probably meant to be a skull representing Golgatha, the name of the skull-shaped hill where the crucifixion happened, and a person on either side of the crucified Christ: probably they are the disciple whom Jesus loved, and Mary the mother [...] [more...] [$]

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