Layout: 2 columns, 21 lines Decoration: Liturgical prompts in red 4 2-line initials in alternating pink and blue with white highlights set on grounds of the contrasting color and burnished gold and infileed with vinework and leaves in blue, orange, and gold bezants. Each initial extends into the inter-columnar space, reaching above and below the initials and terminating in clusters of ivy leaves or triangular points Ruled in plummet 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 15 Provenance: medieval ownership by Robert de Hangest, canon of Beauvais Cathedral Provenance: Original parent manuscript sold at Sotheby’s, 4 May 1926, lot 161 Provenance: Codex purchased and broken by Philip C. Duschnes and Otto Ege by 1943 Provenance: For further information, see Lisa Fagin Davis’ website, “Reconstructing the Beauvais Missal”: https://brokenbooks.2.omeka.net Original manuscript donated by Robert de Hangest, canon of Beauvais Cathedral, to the cathedral in exchange for perpetual remembrance to be celebrated each year on 3 November Incipit: preparato virtutem / tue benedictionis in / funde Explicit: Domine ihesu christe qui introitum por… Prayers and chants to be recited in association with the preparation of holy water and to be recited before the altar and the doors of the church Votive Mass for the dead
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