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> > In one of the pantocrator mandorle which I am studying (XIIth-XIIIth c.) I
am
> > finding a special kind of inscriptions who are called by an author "leonine
> > hexameters". This author does not give further explanations about the origin
o
> f
> > this kind of hexameters. Does anyone know something about this? Is there any
> > bibliographical useful reference to consult with?
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Alfonso
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> >
> Dear Alfonso,
>
> Leonine hexameters have internal rhyme and were used often in this
> period. I myself am studying an English thirteenth-century effigy
> which holds a scroll inscribed with leonine verse.
>
> Sophie Oosterwijk
> Dept of the History of Art
> University of Leicester
>
Dear Sophie:
Thanks for your reply.
Would you mind if you send me some bibliographical references about these leonin
hexameters?
Thanks again in advance,
Alfonso
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