dȳr

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dȳr, n.n: door. (DUER / ˈdyːr)

Medieval manuscript illustration of a haloed woman ascending a flight of stairs toward a door in a building with crenellated towers; a face in a golden sun looks down on her.
Rothschild Canticles; Flanders/Rhineland, c. 1300; Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, MS 404, f. 48r. [collections.library.yale.edu]

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