Layout: 1 column, 14 lines Decoration: 1 2-line initial in blue with white penwork and internal vinework extensions in blue, pink, and orange on burnished gold grounds. 7 1-line initials in burnished gold on pink and blue grounds with white penwork highlights. Decoration: Panel decoration in the exterior margin of each side composed of blue and gold foliage, green vines and stems, green and gold leaves, violet an dblue flowers, red berries and, on the recto, a single brown bird. Horizontal line-fillers with small gold medallions on pink and blue grounds with fine white penwork Ruled in violet 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 47 Text from Lauds in the Office of the Dead Incipit: fac et psalmos nostros can / tabimus cunctis diebus Explicit: Laudate dominum / de terro dracones et omnes
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