Leaves of Gold Slideshow - Vocabulary Words

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Vocabulary words

calligraphy
decorated letter
decorated margins
gold leaf
historiated letter
historiated margins
illuminated
inhabited letter
inhabited margines
leaves
manuscript
miniature
parchment
rubrics
vellum

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