sitting on the ground, holding the hem of his habit, with a pair of scissors lying nearby. The style and subject, especially the many bas-de-page narratives ranging from romance and fabliau to biblical and hagiographic material, are closely connected to
on the ground, holding the hem of his habit, with a pair of scissors lying nearby. The style and subject, especially the many bas-de-page narratives ranging from romance and fabliau to biblical and hagiographic material, are closely connected to two
in a monkish habit, gives poison to King Ambrosius. The first quire misbound; the right order being ff. 2, 8, 3-7, 1, 9.French verse translation, in octosyllabic couplets, of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae.One of the first images of
incorporated in them (ff. 1v, 2v, 4v-5, 6-9, 10v-13, 15, 19v-25, 27, 28v-30v). Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing or in red with purple or blue pen-flourishing. Address in verse to Robert of Anjou, King of Naples, from the town
169, 198). 1 large initial in red with blue and red penwork decoration (f. 3). Large initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. Small initials in red or green. Paraphs in red, blue, or green. Highlighing of letters in red. Marginal
red and placed within a ruled column by scribes 1, 3 and 5 but not by scribes 2 and 4. Blue initials with red penwork flourishing, all by the same artist, eg. ff. 140 vb, 324r-v. Not medieval. A second
Formata, ff. 52v. In red: paraphs, two-line red initials, letters frequently tinted, extended ascenders on top line. One five-line initial, blue and red, f. 1r. Spaces for five-line initials: ff. 23r, 33v, 39v, 43v, 47v. Spaces for two-line initials: ff.
angels either side. Christ's halo in bright orange and blue. Angels with blue wings and rose collars. Bar-frame of miniature in rose with pairs of blue and rose single leaves and blue balls. Monks in white habits. Text: 'O veronicle
Item 2: red paraphs, two-line blue initials with red penwork; eight-line red initials with mauve penwork (faded), three-line red initials with mauve penwork; initial letter A red and blue nine-line, with red patterned infill and blue dots; red incipits. Item
red initial with blue penwork e.g. f. 148v. F. 27r - five-line red and blue initial O infilled with leaves outlined in red and infilled with blue, penwork surrounding initial in blue and red infilled alternately with blue and red.