pearroc

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pearroc, m.n: an enclosure. (PEH-ar-rock / ˈpɛar-rɔk)

Medieval manuscript image of a white-wimpled woman looking out a window from an enclosed cell with a cross; a man with a bishop’s mitre and crozier stands outside.
Pontificale; England (probably London), c. 1400-c. 1410; Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 79, f. 96r. [parker.stanford.edu]

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