Extent: 1 leaf : parchment, illuminations ; 181 x 121 (142 x 88) mm
Note:
Ms. leaf. Title from Kidd. Layout: Written in 2 columns of 32 lines; frame-ruled. Script: Written in gothic script. Decoration: 3-line puzzle initials in gold and blue, with red and blue pen flourishing and cascading gold and blue J-ornaments; 2-line initials in gold with blue pen flourishing or blue with red flourishing. Origin: Written in France, perhaps Paris, during the first half of the 14th century. Parent volume: unidentified 18th(?)-century French (?) owner; inscribed in upper margin, 'feria quarta in capite ieunij; unidentified owner/bookseller/auction, Paris; Otto F. Ege, with his adhesive tape (1928). Present leaf acquired by Vassar College perhaps after 1952.
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