Leaves of Gold Slideshow - Inhabited Initial from a Bible

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Inhabited initial H to Exodus. Cutting from a Bible

This is from the Glencairn Museum in Bryn Athyn, and is the oldest manuscript in the Leaves of Gold exhibition.
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