Cleveland Museum of Art
Historiated Initial (A) Excised from a Gradual: Christ in Majesty with King David and Prophets
c. 1300–1340
Directly below the decorated initial is a line of music; the black squares are music notes sitting on a staff. During the Middle Ages the staff had only four lines, unlike today.
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