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Manuscript on vellum. Text in single column, 17 lines. Most pages have wide blank margins. Many initials decorated in blue, red and gold, or with extensive penwork in the outer margin. Folio 1 recto with full border decoration of floral motifs with monogram of Christ, engraving paste-ins (Annunciation and Lamentation of the Virgin), and a historiated initial ("O" with patron portrait?). There is a miniature in folio 8r (Virgin Mary nursing the Child Jesus). Folio 29v has floral marginal decoration and a decorated initial (M). Folio 35v has border decoration and a historiated initial with a portrait of King David. Folio 42v: marginal decoration in penwork and decorated initial ("K"). Folio 52v: Decorated initial ("A"), with marginal decoration of floral motifs. Stiff-board binding with pressed leather.
