Layout: 2 columns, 29 lines Decoration: Fol. 38.1: 4 2-line initials in burnished gold on blue and pink grounds with white highlights, 3 2-line initials in alternating red and blue with penwork in the contrasting color, and 1 1-line initial in blue, with prompts and rubrics in red Decoration: Fol. 38.2: 6 2-line initials in alternating red and blue with penwork in the contrasting color, prompts and rubrics in red, and the folio number in red at the top right corner of recto Decoration: Fol. 38.3: 6 2-line initials in alternating red and blue with penwork in the contrasting color, 4 1-line initials in alternating red and blue, prmpts and rubrics in red, and the folio number in red at the top right corner of recto Decoration: Fol. 38.1: 5-line initial "A" in blue with white penwork accents set on burnished gold grounds infilled with vinework terminating in red and pink leaves; text block framed on all four sides by a border of think black vinework terminating in ivy and acanthus leaves in burnished and liquid god, blue, and green, with flowers and fruits in blue, red, and orange. Decoration: In the bottom center margin is a shield bearing arms of a gold chevron set against a much worn blue background 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 38. Fol. 38.2 is the leaf originally included in OSU's set of Ege's FOL. Fol. 38.1 formerly property of an anonymous private Ohio collector Fol. 38.1: Readings and prayers for the 1st Sunday of Advent and Wednesday during the first week of Advent Fol. 38.2: Readings for the Mass for Passion Sunday and the following Monday Fol. 38.3: Chants and readings for Mass for the Dead, with rubrics introducing variation for Eastertide Incipit: Fol. 38.1: Fol. 38.2: Prolongaverunt iniquitatem / sibi dominus iustus concidet cervi / ces Fol. 38.3: moriuntur . A modo enim Explicit: Fol. 38.1: Fol. 38.2: nec parcantur et / aquarum non bibant . Et operi Fol. 38.3: Omne quod dat mihi pater
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