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I have also found such a text, so it does not seem to be anything unusual. Its an english text of the 13th century
I am still trying to figure out the reason for these separate initial letters.

It's older, a style that basically means: "this is poetry".

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Note: this page (linked) has a 2nd column of capitals on the right, that ends on the next page with "INVOCATIO ADD[ENDU]M". They are actually the same capitals in reverse order ending with ...RITACIRTM matching the beginning of the 1st column MTRICATIR... A hidden acrostic in there? A few letter sequences might make sense but most don't: NORIT... AMOR...