Layout: 1 column, 12 lines Decoration: 1 2-line and 5 1-line initials in alternating blue and burgundy with white penwork accents and infilled with blue and red foliage and set against burnished gold grounds; burnished gold line-fillers with blue and red circles, diamonds, and vinework Decoration: 2 blue, red, and gold stars concluding a pair of lines, and prompts and rubrics in red. Exterior margin of verso filled with thick border decoration of fine vinework sprays terminating in gold, blue, and gree foliage and burnished gold ivy leaves Ruled in violet ink Gilt page edges Provenance: Donated by Philip Millburn in honor of Marcia Preston (Columbus, OH) in summer 2015 Text from the second Nocturn of Matins in the Office of the Dead Incipit: te et dicant semper Explicit: illi super lectum doloris eius
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