Layout: 2 columns, 29 lines Decoration: Fol. 396.250: 7 2-line and 5 1-line pilcrows in burnished gold on alternating grounds of blue and red; prompts and rubrics in red Decoration: Fol. 396.311: 10 2-line initials in shell gold on burgundy or blue grounds with gold highlighting; 3/4 bar border surrounding the second column on verso with gold grounds and blue and gray acanthus leaves, floral motifs in green, red, and blue, and a small bird with outspread wings. Decoration: Prompts and rubrics in red Fol. 396.311: 3-line initial "E" inhabited by the figure of a bishop wearing his mitre and holding a crozier, all set on red grounds Ruled in pink ink Fol. 396.311 foliated "311" in the original codex Provenance: Original codex owned by Bertrand de Chalençon, Bishop of Rodez from 1457-1495 Provenance: Louis de Rochebaron Provenance: Codex sold at Christie's (London), 3 June 1998, lot 22 Provenance: Fol. 396.250 anonymously donated in memory of Marjorie Fell Wallace Johnson of New Orleans, LA (29 February 2024) Bertrand de Chalençon, served as Bishop of Rodez from 1457-1495 and was appointed perpetual administrator of the episcopate in 1497. He died 24 October 1501 (See: Gallia Christiana I, pp. 226-227 Incipit: Fol. 396.250: genuisti . et post partum virgo inviolata Fol. 396.311: per fidem vicerunt regna opera / ti Explicit: Fol. 396.250: et virgo post partum Fol. 396.311: et inventus / est iustus et in tempore iracundiae Fol. 396.250: Text from Matins and Lauds for the feast of the Annunciation to Mary (25 March) in the Sanctorale, with text from St. Augustine's Sermon CXCV on the Annunciation Fol. 396.311: Prompts, chants, and readings for the Common of all martyrs and for the Common of confessor bishops, with readings from a sermon attributed to St. Augustine, and from the Gospel of Matthew
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