grāp

grāp, f.n: grasp, grip. (GRAWP / ˈgraːp)

A historiated initial in a medieval manuscript depicting a nun raising her right hand before her and gripping a Latin text band that curves around her in her left hand.
“Guda, a sinner, wrote and painted this book”, a self-portrait of the illuminator in a homiliary; Germany, 12th century; Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg, Frankfurt, Ms. Barth. 42, f. 110v. [wikipedia.org]

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