St. Athanasius (fol. 145r)

Original object type: Artefact
Title: St. Athanasius (fol. 145r)
Description:
The historiated initial depicts St. Athanasius, Archbishop of Alexandria (4th century), wearing a gown, a cloak and a mitre, and holding an episcopal staff. The border is decorated with speedwells, strawberries, thistles, pea flowers, primroses, and a grotesque figure with a human head (?) wearing a woman's head-dress on a lion's body.
Context: Athanasian Creed: Canticum beati athanasii episcopi: Quicumque vult salvus esse
Date range: [ca.1480-1500]
Date: 1490