Layout: 1 column, 15 lines Decoration: 1 2-line and 8 1-line initials in burnished gold on pink and blue grounds with white penwork highlights. Horizontal line-fillers in pink and blue with white penwork and burnished gold medallions. Decoration: On recto, marginal panel decoration consisting of blue and gold scrolling foliage, green leafy fronds terminating in red and blue flowers with white accents, and small gold highlights sprinkled throughout 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 50 Text for Vespers in the Office of the Dead Incipit: …quitates observaveris domine domine / quis substinebit Explicit: opera manuum tuarum ne despicias
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