dūn

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dūn, f.n: mountain, hill. (DOON / ˈduːn)

Medieval manuscript image of a nimbed and tonsured monk with left wrist grasped by right hand of a nimbed angel, whose left hand is extended toward a mountain on which are two crenellated and towered buildings.
Vitae patrum; Italy (Naples), 1350-1375; Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.626, f. 120v. [ica.themorgan.org]

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