Layout: 1 column, 24 lines Decoration: Numerous 1-line initials in alternating blue and burnished gold, the blue with contrasting penwork in red, the gold with black penwork; vertical red strokes marking the end of each supplication; 6 line-fillers in blue and red linear designs surrounding burnished gold dots Ruled in ink Fol. 258.42: Illuminated or decorated initial opening the Litany has been cut out of the manuscript Fol. 258.55 is blank, but ruled Fol. 258.55: Numerous pinpricks across the top margin from the medieval insertion of pilgrims' badges Foll. 258.42: End of the Litany, with entries for Sts. Cecilia, Lucy, Afra, Elizabeth, holy virgins and widows, and general male and female saints, followed by the "Ab", "Per" and "Ut" invocations and various short prayers Fol. 258.55: End of the supplicatory prayer beginning ["Misericordiam tuam domine sacte pater omnipotens eterne deus pietatis affectu"] Incipit: Fol. 258.42: Cecilia Fol. 258.55: …brare et de locis penarum iam prime nativi / tatis Explicit: Fol. 258.42: Et salutare tuum da nobis Ut veniat super Fol. 258.55: Requiescant in pace Amen
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