nett

nett, n.n: web, net. (NET / ˈnɛt)

In the margin of a medieval manuscript, a spider hangs on a thread below a large web.
Rothschild Canticles; Flanders or the Rhineland, c. 1300; Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS 404, f. 130r. [collections.library.yale.edu]

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