![]() Strong Italian parchment, with a number of natural flaws and some cuts with medieval repairs (see fol. Three large initials (16-25 lines) in red with reserved red and black penwork decoration supplied to the additional text on fols 110r, 111r and 111v. 95v) similar large initials (6-13 lines) in red, occasionally extending into the margin, at beginning of texts (fols 119v-242v) minor initials (2-4 lines) in red, green and red (fol. Two large initials (9-15 lines), the first in blue, the second blue and red, both with penwork decoration in red, blue and green and followed by first words of text in red capitals touched in blue (fols 2r and 35v) one large 7 line initial in blue with reserved blank and penwork decoration in red and yellow (fol. 103r, otherwise in dark brown or grey ink by different hands to the end of the Epistles (fol. etc) in red throughout running titles by rubricator in red at beginning and end of gatherings up to fol. 109v, providing guidance to the rubricator, chapter numbers and marginal numbering of the biblical readings (Lc. Rubrics, often with notes in small hand (littera glossularis), in lower (occasionally upper) margin as on fol. North-Italian transitional caroline script (Littera carolina) in brown, corrections and additions in black throughout and text on additional leaves 110-111 provided by a second contemporary North-Italian Cistercian hand (Littera protogothica textualis) marginal notes referring to readings in the refectory in the Gospels: Hic dimittatur legere in refectorio (fols 201r, 215r, 239r) and Hic incipiatur legere (fols 217v, 242r) marginal chapter references in an Italian hand in grey ink throughout, c.1400. 325 x 204 (93, 21, 90) mm ruled for two columns and 34 lines of text in lead point, pricking at upper and lower margins and fore-edge (from recto), additional vertical line between the bounders dividing the two columns. 251, Catchwords at lower margin of last verso of quires paper flyleaf and conjoint pastedown at beginning and end. 460 x 310 mm, 251 leaves on parchment, substantially complete: I8-1 (i excised, probably blank), II-XIII8, XIV8+2 (bifolium added between vi and vii), XV-XVII8 (iii and vi as singletons), XVIII-XXXI8), wanting a quire after VIII (fol. ![]()
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