Layout: 1 column, 15 lines Decoration: 1 2-line and 9 1-line initials in burnished gold on red and blue grounds highlighted in white penwork. Blue and red bars with highlights in white penwork and burnished gold accents used as occasional line fillers. Decoration: Exterior margins of recto and verso filled with a profusion of black penwork vines terminating in ivy leaves and other foliation in burnished gold, green leaves, and green and red flowers. Ruled in light red ink Large section of scar tissue in the lower margin 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 31 Canticle of Zachary in the Office of the Dead Incipit: In sanctitate et iusticia coram ipso omnibus diebus nostris Explicit: Qui apud te propiciacio est
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