stæf-wīs

stæf-wīs, adj: skilled in letters, literate. (STAFF-WEES / ˈstæf-ˌwiːs)

Medieval manuscript page in Latin written in two different styles of lettering, as well as a large S decorated with knot-work that begins the word Sapientes.
De natura rerum; E France, 9th century; Bamberg, Staatsbibliothek, Msc.Nat.1, f. 41r. [digitale-sammlungen.de]

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