Layout: 1 column, 15 lines Decoration: 1 2-line initial "B" in burnished gold on blue and burgundy grounds, with a vertical bar in gold and blue extending the length of the text block and fine black pen vinework terminating in blue, pink, green, and gold flowers and leaves in exterior margin of verso Decoration: 8 1-line initials in alternating blue and burnished gold with contrasting penwork in red and blue, respectively, with some of the penwork extending into the margins Ruled in light-brown ink Foliated "166" in modern pencil at top right corner of recto Provenance: Donated by Wesley L. Boomgaarden (Columbus, OH) in 2013. The folio was presented to Boomgaarden in a special clothbound portfolio by Fred Alpers and the General Bookbinding Company of Chesterland, OH as a "token of appreciation" Text from Lauds in the Office of the Dead, including Ps. 150 followed by the opening of the Canticle of Zachary (Luke 1:68-79) Incipit: meis ferreis . Ut faciant Explicit: plebis / sue . Et erexit cornu salu…
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