Layout: 1 column, 16 lines Decoration: 2 2-line initials in blue highlighted with white penwork on burnished gold grounds, 8 1-line initials in burnished gold on red and blue grounds highlighted with white penwork, horizontal line-fillers with central gold oblongs and contrasting pink and blue grounds with white accents. Decoration: Panel decoration in exterior margins consisting of flowing blue and gold leaves, green-leafed vines and stems, red berries, and purple and gold blossoms Ruled in violet ink Foliated "173 in modern pencil at lower right corner of recto 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 46 Use of Rouen Incipit: et misericordiam tribuisti michi et visitatio Explicit: Ad te domine levavi animam meam deus meus in te con… First and second Nocturns in Matins of the Office of the Dead
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