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Decorated Incipit Page with Vere Dignum Monogram

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Date: about 1025–1050
Medium: Tempera colors and gold
Culture: Ottonian
Department: Manuscripts
Institution: Getty Museum

The first two words of the prayer *Vere Dignum* (Truly fitting) appear as an elaborate monogram of entwined vine scrolls. The use of gold on the purple painted parchment imitates the appearance of the purple-dyed parchment used in luxurious imperial manuscripts of late antiquity.

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