Layout: 1 column, 18 lines Decoration: 1 2-line initial in blue with contrasting red penwork flourishing Decoration: 15 1-line initials in alternating red and blue Decoration: horizontal line-fillers comprised of groups of loops separated by pairs of vertical slashes in red, each group alternating in red and blue Decoration: On recto, a1 3-line initial "A" in blue with fine white penwork highlights, infilled and surrounded by pink and orange acanthus leaves, the entire design set against burnished gold grounds that extend up and down the length of the interior margin as parallel gold and pink and blue bars, Decoration: terminating in acanthus leaves and vinework and foliage that extends across the top and bottom margins Ruled in brown ink Small brown ink guide letters visible within each of the 1- and 2-line initials The word "dirge" in contemporary brown ink in the margin adjacent to the "2-line and illuminated initials Psalms 118:71-120:5 Incipit: Eructabunt labia mea ymnum ; cum do / cueris me . Explicit: super manum dexteram tuam .
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