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A hat around one, a man's head, coloured, blowing out the catchword, a bird holding a scroll with the catchword, etc.Ģ x vertical, 4 x horizontal enclosing top and bottom lines, ruled within, in very fine, very faint ink a few leaves, for example f156, retain pricking along outer edge all have pricking top and bottom.Įlaborate decorated or illuminated initials at beginning of each text, up to 14 lines high, almost all incorporating coats of arms, all involving the Swillington coat of arms (of Yorkshire).īlue lombard initials with red penwork, often quite elaborate extenders, sometimes with figures at ends of tendrils, a sunflower, a head, etc., and bubbles around some of these flourished sprays or extenders (f127v).
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Catchwords are elaborately decorated as on f127v, some coloured. Modern-ish, the usual Digby foliator, large arabic in pencil in upper outer corner, stylized with 8 on its side, etc.īy the scribe in usual place about 2/3 across lower margin.
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Both first and last flyleaves have stains from fold-over of tanned cover
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Display a full page showing this scribe's handĢ new parchment flyleaves, blank except note on ii verso identifying arms + 203 folios + 2 newish parchment flyleaves, blank.