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| In this section, an exposition on alleluia according to the Hebrews, the word alleluia in the left hand column is progressively shortened by one letter in each line. The words EST and LAUS in each line are neatly vertically aligned. Why? Well, I don't know, but it looks interesting. |
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| Vespasian Psalter, 8th century (British Library, Cotton Vespasian A1 f.6r). All photographs by permission of the British Library. Reproduction of these images is permitted under Creative Commons licence. |
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