Flourished initial 'I'(n), at the beginning of Ovid's Metamorphoses. 1 large initial in red, with reserved designs, and pen-flourishing in brown with yellow wash (f. 1). Smaller initials and paraph marks in plain red. Metamorphoses Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660,
in gold, with white vine stem decoration in colours (ff. 1, 9, 32, 52, 65, 77, 78, 79v, 83). Marginal heraldic decoration in colours and gold, now effaced (f. 1). Large simple initials in blue. Small simple initials in brown,
in gold, with white vine stem decoration in colours (ff. 1, 9, 32, 52, 65, 77, 78, 79v, 83). Marginal heraldic decoration in colours and gold, now effaced (f. 1). Large simple initials in blue. Small simple initials in brown,
in gold, with white vine stem decoration in colours (ff. 1, 9, 32, 52, 65, 77, 78, 79v, 83). Marginal heraldic decoration in colours and gold, now effaced (f. 1). Large simple initials in blue. Small simple initials in brown,
of vols 1 and 2); his sale, 31 July 1844. Sir Thomas Brooke, Armitage Bridge: his book-plate (inside upper cover, vols 1 and 2). G. I. Ellis, London bookseller: cutting of his catalogue, no. 79 (pasted in vol. 1 to
And bygȳneth his tale 76/1</ctp>.<resp>LC</resp> Whilom þer was dwellyng at Oxenford A riche gnof þat gestes heeld to boorde And of his craft he was a Carpenter Wiþ him þer was dwellyng a pore scoler Had lerned art but
is evident on folio 39r. The capital has been decorated using a shyning blue.<resp>ODR</resp></notetxt></note><note><notetxt><ctp>1</ctp>There is a small pricking next L 1 of the prologue, which appears under the illumination and is visible from the verso of 39v.<resp>ODR</resp></notetxt></note> In al the
Incipit fabula Armigeri<note><notetxt><ctp>1</ctp>The ink in this folio is brown and becomes darker brown afterwards. NB an extra watermarked leafs was used here.<resp>ODR</resp></notetxt></note> At Sarray , in the lond of Tartarye There dwelled a kyng , that werred Russye Thorugh