Layout: 2 columns, 20 lines Decoration: Numerous burnished gold initials on alternating cusped red and blue grounds with white penwork highlights. Many versal initials sprout ivy leaves, with some also featuring orange and pink blossoms and the occasional strawberry. Decoration: Line-fillers in burnished gold and blue and red with white penwork highlights, with two bars inhabited by winged dragons. Long vertical bar in red and blue with burnished gold and white penwork highlights extending the length of the text block in the left margin Ruled in brown ink 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 17 Psalms 64:11-65:15 Incipit: …licidiis eius letabitur germinans Explicit: Holocausta medullata offeram tibi cum incensu arietum
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