Layout: 2 columns, 63 lines Decoration: Fol. 193.1: 7-line puzzle initial "E" in blue and red, with red and blue penwork infills and trailing flourishes; 2 4-line initials in red or blue with penwork in the contrasting color Decoration: 1 2-line initials in red with contrasting blue flourishing; running titles and marginal chapter numbers in alternating red and blue, and modest cadel ascenders in the top line of text, and versal initials stroked in red Decoration: Fol. 193.2: 6 3-line initials in alternating red and blue with penwork in the contrasting color, running titles and marginal chapter numbers in alternating red and blue, cadel ascenders in the top line of text, and versal initials stroked in red Ruled in plummet Guide letters for marginal chapter numbers occasionally present in black ink Provenance: Original codex owned and broken by Otto F. Ege (Cleveland, OH), see Gwara, "Otto Ege's Manuscripts," HL 58 Fol. 193.1: II Kings 21:11-III Kings 1:2 Fol. 193.2: Job 1:10-7:21 Incipit: Fol. 193.1: …ciata sunt David que fecerat Respha filia Haia concubina Fol. 193.2: possessio eius crevit in terra sed extende paululum Explicit: Fol. 193.1: virginem et stet coram rege et fo… Fol. 193.2: non au / fers iniquitatem meam ; ecce nunc in pulvere
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