foran-hēafod

foran-hēafod, n.n: forehead. (FOR-on-HAY-ah-vod / ˈfɔ-ran-ˌheːa-vɔd)

Part of an inhabited initial in a medieval manuscript, with a dragon-like creature in the central knotwork and intricately decorated vertical bars topped with human faces wearing neutral expressions, decorative swirls adorning their foreheads.
Barberini Gospels; Hiberno-Saxon, late 8th century; Biblioteca Apostolica, Barberini Lat. 570, f. 51r. [digi.vatlib.it]

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