wlite-scīne

Posted on April 6, 2015 by Hana Videen

wlite-scīne, adj: of brilliant beauty, splendid, beauteous. (W’LIT-uh-SHEE-nuh / ˈwlɪ-tə-ˌʃiː-nə)

Book of Kells, fol. 34r; chi-rho page, introducing St Matthew’s account of the nativity.

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