Smaller initials, linefillers and rubrics Listed in De Ricci, Seymour, Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada. New York. : Wilson, 1935; and Supplement, New York, : Bibliographical Society of America, 1962. Ownership : Owned c. 1700 by Desiree Chemin. Stuart collection (no. 13870), bequeathed 1892. 1-line gold initials on red and blue fields. 2-line and 4-line blue initials on gold fields. Red, blue and gold linefillers. Rubrics. Partial and full (around miniatures) border decoration showing leaves, vines and flowers. 16 long line
Smaller initials, linefillers and rubrics Listed in De Ricci, Seymour, Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada. New York. : Wilson, 1935; and Supplement, New York, : Bibliographical Society of America, 1962. Ownership : Owned c. 1700 by Desiree Chemin. Stuart collection (no. 13870), bequeathed 1892. 1-line gold initials on red and blue fields. 2-line and 4-line blue initials on gold fields. Red, blue and gold linefillers. Rubrics. Partial and full (around miniatures) border decoration showing leaves, vines and flowers. 16 long lines per page, ruled in light red pencil, prickings visible. 24 illustrations of seasonal activities in calendar, ff. 2-13v. 2 full-page miniatures, ff. 49 and 54. A leaf appears to be missing between ff. 13 and 14 -- stub remains and text begins mid-sentence. De Ricci dates this to the fifteenth century, Dr. Guest to the mid-15th century. De Ricci, 1321. Chart by Dr. Guest. Parchment; Smaller initials, linefillers and rubrics.
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