# Manuscript of Church Law [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MINIATURIST, English]() - Date: 1101-1150 - Technique: Manuscript \(Ms. Cotton Claudius E.V\) ## Commentary Manuscript of Church Law c. 1125 Manuscript \(Ms. Cotton Claudius E.V\) British Library, London This manuscript was made at the cathedral priory of Christ Church, Canterbury. Many of its decorated initials are formed from animals and mythological creatures. The initial 'A' here \(folio 41v\) is made up of a man and a dragon fighting for possession of a fish. ## Related artworks - [Acts of the Abbots]() - [Alphonso Psalter]() - [Amesbury Psalter]() - [Anatomical figure]() - [Angels Turning the Spheres of the Universe]() - [Apocalypse]() - [Barberini Gospels]() - [Barberini Gospels]() - [Beda Venerabilis: The Life of St Cuthbert]() - [Benedictional of Archbishop Robert]() - [Bestiary and Lapidary \('the Rochester Bestiary'\)]() - [Bestiary and Lapidary \('the Rochester Bestiary'\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()