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Your word for today is: historiated, adj.

historiated, adj.

Pronunciation: Brit. /hɪˈstɔːrɪeɪtᵻd/,  U.S. /hɪˈstɔriˌeɪdᵻd/

Etymology: <  post-classical Latin historiatus, past participle of historiare (see history v.) + -ed suffix1. Compare French historié, adjective (1380 in Middle French in this sense). Compare earlier historified adj., historiate v.

Esp. of an illuminated manuscript or initial letter: decorated with depictions of people, animals, or narrative scenes.

1849  F. Madden tr.  J.J. Champollion-Figeac  & A. Champollion Universal Palæogr. II. 729 Large historiated initials [Fr. des initiales historiées; cf. L. literis initialibus Capitum grandibus historiatis] occur at the beginning of each chapter.

1895  M. R. James Abbey St. Edmund at Bury 131 At Amiens four portions of a like historiated screen remain.

1949 Libr. Q. 19 105/2 More than 50 illuminated and historiated manuscripts from the eleventh to the sixteenth century.

1976 Gesta 15 123 Part of an historiated capital being used as a doorstop.

2003  M. Noble  & J. Mehigan Calligrapher's Compan. 8/2 The decoration [became] more elaborate with illuminated and historiated initial letters within the text.

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