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  • Ornate capital letters used at the beginning of a verse or paragraph, especially in illuminated manuscripts; in modern calligraphy, applied to capitals built up by inking between pen strokes and having serifs in the form of long, thin, straight lines [OED]

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  • 120139

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-FGKLLBQL-D

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