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RUFILLUS ' R
Rufillus who if his self portrait is accurate was indeed a "little red", Rufillus being a form of Rufus, has used red and blue together to create the RE of what appears to the Latin word Regnan.
He has filled the top of the R with a beautiful knot pattern and a winged serpent that becomes a mans head carries our eye down into the rest of the text.
This image is also worth studying for showing us details of a scribe at work. We can see his pots of paint and stool and the artists reaching forward with a pan of red paint as if he is still painting the letter! Or is he telling us he also painted other things too?
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