Layout: 2 columns, 64 lines Decoration: Numerous 1-line initials and 1-line pilcrows in alternating red and blue, with capitals stroked in red and with textual lemmas underlined in red and rubricated headings for each column Indexing / Reference letters added in the exterior margins and intercolumnar space Heavily damaged from re-use as a binding fragment, but still largely legible Incipit: // demencia est nulla (first line of verso) Explicit: et tenuisse // (last line of verso) The leaf preserves text from Thomas of Ireland's alphabetically organized and cross-referenced florilegium dealing with the topics of "laus" (praise), "Lazarus", "Legatus" (military officer), and "Legere, lector, lectio" (readers and reading), with textual extracts from the works of Seneca, Cassiodorus, Chrysostom, and Augustine of Hippo
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