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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
and blue penwork decoration (f. 2). Large puzzle initials in blue and red with red and sometimes also blue penwork decoration, sometimes extending into the margin. Large initials in blue with red penwork decoration. Paraphs in red or blue. Marginal
- Detail of puzzle initial., Vetera Statuta (index Statutes of England, Statuta Angliae, Statute book)
and blue penwork decoration (f. 2). Large puzzle initials in blue and red with red and sometimes also blue penwork decoration, sometimes extending into the margin. Large initials in blue with red penwork decoration. Paraphs in red or blue. Marginal
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.
brown ink in an early fourteenth-century Anglicana hand. Body height: 2 mm. Two-line blue initials with red penwork flourishing - swirls rather than foliate. Two-line red and blue paraphs. Not medieval. Size: 310 x 190 mm. Covered in dark brown/black