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Spirited initial A showing a man beating another, the meaning of which is given by the verse 'Afficitur plagis qui non vult discere gratis' (see R. A. B. Mynors, Durham Cathedral manuscripts to the end of the twelfth century, Oxford 1939, n. 57, pp. 49-50). Hamburg stamp (Bibliothek Warburg)

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12th century (early)

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