litany. Large initials in gold on coloured grounds in red, and/or blue, and/or green, with flowers extending into the margins. Small initials and line-fillers in gold on red, blue or green grounds. Book of Hours, Use of Rome (the 'Hours
litany. Large initials in gold on coloured grounds in red, and/or blue, and/or green, with flowers extending into the margins. Small initials and line-fillers in gold on red, blue or green grounds. Book of Hours, Use of Rome (the 'Hours
in a monk's habit, holding a martyr's palm, with a full foliate border with coat of arms. Leaves excised after ff. 9 (off-set from heraldic device on preceding unfoliated flyleaf), 132, 147, 151, 158, 184, 191 (off-set from heraldic device
dressed in a Benedictine habit and holding a crozier and a full scatter border including dianthus, forget-me-nots, strawberries, insects, and birds. For another Tudor Book of Hours with royal autographs see Additional 17012, which contains the autographs of Henry VII,
red and blue penwork decoration (f. 25). 1 large puzzle initial in blue and red with red and blue penwork decoration (f. 66). Initials in red with blue or brown penwork decoration, or in blue with red and/or blue penwork
; open w ; long r ; þ; ȝ. Body height: 1-1.5mm. Some three-line blue initials with red penwork. Alternate blue and red initials. Red, and blue paraphs. Fifteenth-century alphabet f. 20v, pen drawn, not decorated or coloured (P ä
þ . Body height c. 2mm. Red brackets for couplets throughout. Two-line blue initials with red penwork flourishing into the margins for c. 14 lines. Ff. 37v-39v: two-line blue paraph marks with c. five-line red pen flourishing, on f. 38v
right column in elaborate penwork in red and blue. The border forms a T-shape running at the top of the two columns with red and blue infill. Lombardic two-line capitals in blue with red penwork, red rubrics and marginalia and
in red apart from two-line initials in blue. Initial page of text - f. 1v: eight-line þ of 'þe' and two-line B of 'Bifore' in red. Titles in red with first letter a blue Lombard. Some passages in red. Eight/ten-line
Each part is marked in this way. Two-line blue lombardic capitals with red penwork flourishing. Red running titles. Occasional red or blue one-line initials. Occasional red paraphs. Text 2 - four-line blue initial with red serrated pattern on left side
of the Millere Whan that the knyght , had thus his tale I told<note><notetxt><ctp>1</ctp>The blue of the illuminated letter is not the same of the blue of the paraph mark. This is evident on folio 39r. The capital has been
and al hir myght And by hir beddes heed , she made a Muwe And couered it , with veluettes blue In signe of trouthe , that is in wommen sene And al with oute , the Muwe is peynted
fyghte Lest that she wold hem with hir hondes sleen Or with hir meynye putten hem to flighte In kynges habit wenten hir sones two As heyres , of hir fadres regnes alle And hermanno and tymolao Hir names were
fantasyk And shortly turned , was al vp so doun Bothe habit , and eke disposicioū Of hym , this wooful louyer Arcite What shuld I al day , of hys woo endite Whan he endured had , a ȝere
that she wolde , hem wt hir handes slen Or with hir meignee , putten hem to flighte In kynges habit , wente hir sones two As heires , of hir fadres regnes alle And Hermanno , and Thymalao Hir
ii.Vellum; ff. iv. + 89. 6 in. X 4¼ in. Middle of the xv. cent. Initials flourished in red and blue (one in gold). See. fol. "silf immediatli." Scribbled names (ff. 88, 88 b) of "Wyllam Barton" and "Paulus." A.