trēagian

trēagian, wk.v: to repair, sew together. (TRAY-ah-gi-ahn / ˈtreːa-gɪ-an)

An illuminated medieval manuscript with a neatly trimmed hole that is decoratively stitched together with red, green, yellow and blue thread.
Petrus Comestor’s Historia scholastica; Switzerland (Basel?), 14th century; Aarau (Switzerland), Aargauer Kantonsbibliothek, MsWettF 9, f. 31r. [brandonwhawk.net]

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