Layout: 1 column, 15 lines Decoration: 4 2-line initials in burnished gold on blue and burgundy grounds with white highlights; occasional horizontal bar line-fillers in blue and burgundy with white highlights and gold bezants; rubrics in red Decoration: exterior bar border on both sides of the folio composed of black ink vinework terminating in gold leaves and blue and pink flowers with, at the center of each border, a large red pot containing a green bush, with details of individual leaves in lighter green Ruled in pink crayon Modern pencil foliation at top right corner of recto: "134" Unusually large format Book of Hours with generous margins Similar in size and textual content to Spec.Rare.MS.MR.Frag.479, but from a different manuscript Text from the 15 Joys of the Virgin Mary Incipit: il souffrit nous gart de la mort Explicit: fils vous porta es cieulx et vous
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