> 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 of
> 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
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