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Initial D: John the Baptist

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Date: probably 1170s
Medium: Tempera colors, gold leaf, silver leaf, and ink
Culture: German
Department: Manuscripts
Institution: Getty Museum

John the Baptist, the subject of the prayer on this page, appears in the middle of an initial *D* holding a scroll that declares *Ego vox clamantis in deserto* (I am a voice crying out in the desert). Saint Matthew's gospel described John as being the one who cries out in the desert, a figure mentioned in an Old Testament prophecy.

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