gelm

gelm, m.n: a handful. (YELM)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on yelms, centaury, and ocular mistiness. Read it on Patreon.

St Augustine of Hippo and St Monica in a Book of Hours. Belgium (Tournai?), c. 1440. Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.357, f. 194r. [ica.themorgan.org]

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