Layout: 1 column, 14 lines Decoration: 1 3-line initial in red with white penwork highlights, infilled with blue and white and gold-accented embellishments, all on burnished gold grounds; 1 2-line and 4 1-line initials in gold on blue or red grounds Decoration: bar line-fillers in alternating red and blue with gold highlights. On recto, a full floriated borders with flowering plants, vines, and in the central outer margin, a grey rabbit touched in gold; Decoration: on verso, a bar border in the exterior margin extending the length of the text column comprised of fine vinework terminating in blue, red, and gold leaves, fruit, and flowers On recto, an arch-topped scene depicting the Circumcision of Christ, with the Virgin Mary and a Temple priest and attendant Ruled in pale violet ink Provenance: Donated by Nancy and Bill McGrath (Akron, OH) in October 2012 Provenance: The McGraths acquired the folio from Bruce Ferrini (Akron, OH) sometime in the mid-1980s Provenance: This folio, or possibly the entire original codex, formerly in the the collection of Paul Durrieux, Assistant Keeper, Paintings Department, the Louvre (1885-1902) Opening of Nones in the Hours of the Virgin Incipit: Deus in / adiutorum / meum in Explicit: orbem terre qui non com / movebitur
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