Layout: 1 column, 20 lines Decoration: Numerous versal 1-line initials alternating in blue and gold, the blue with contrasting penwork in red, the gold with penwork in blue. Decoration: Line-fillers following the conclusion of individual verses filled with “laughing carp” fish or tracery in red and blue 5-line pink initial “B” with white decorative highlights infilled with blue vinework terminating in red leaves set on burnished gold and blue grounds. Decoration: Extensions of the ground in blue, gold, and red extend vertically up the inner margin and laterally across the page in the bottom margin of the verso Ruled in plummet Foliated "6" in pencil at top right corner of recto Top and bottom three lines of text block ruled straight through to page edges Provenance: Formerly the property of Otto Ege, Cleveland, OH. Ege broke this manuscript and distributed 40 of its folios as part of his portfolio set, Fifty Original Leaves. See Scott Gwara, Otto Ege’s Manuscripts, HL 10 Psalms 117:12 - 118:2 Incipit: domini quia ultus sum in eos / Impulsus Explicit: Beati qui scrutantur testimo…
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