Extent: fols. 1; membrane; 199 x 138 (Recto: 114; Verso: 107 x Recto: 104; Verso: 105)
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Layout: 1 column, 15 lines Decoration: On recto and verso: upper and lower bars of fine black vienwork terminating in gold ivy leaves and red and blue flowers; text block on verso framed in a gold box outlined in black Decoration: 3 1-line initials in gold on square blue grounds On recto Decoration: Large miniature depicting the Ptolomaic cosmological system, with the earth represented ina central circle containing an island, ocean, and hybrid olive-palm tree, Decoration: the scene surrounded by concentric colored rings depicting the Seven Planetary Metals, upon which are written the alchemical symbols for each in black ink vertically from the top. Written laterally across the spheres in black ink are the symbols of the Zodiac. Decoration: At each corner of the miniature is drawn a cherub's face exhaling a cloud representing one of the Four Winds. Blue horizontal bars above and below the scene bear rubbed writing in gold Verso ruled in light brown ink On the verso, 3 5-line verse stanzas in Old French on God the Creator Incipit: Des bien heureux les devotes prieres Explicit: A luy seul dieu estant comprehensible / Comme il est dieu
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