Northern texualis

Leaf contains part of Matins of the Office of the Dead, Third Nocturn, according to the Use of Paris. Contents may be compared to ff. 174v3–176r5 of a full Use of Paris Book of the Hours housed at Tufts University (Medford, Tisch Library, Tufts University, MS 2, available online at: https://dl.tufts.edu/concern/pdfs/r781wt689).

Single leaf of very thin parchment, creamy and well-preserved. Text is written in one column of 18 lines, in black ink, with burnished gold initials and red and blue splashing of capital letters. Dimensions are 160x110mm, with text block measuring 105x90mm, including the floral border on the recto (105x20 mm). Reddish plummet ruling visible. One scribe throughout for main text, likely a second scribe for rubrication.

Three-coloured initials (red, blue, and gold). Floral border in the right margin on the recto is decorated with strawberry and green leaves on a gold background, with blue and gold curly penwork on the upper and lower part of the pattern. Two types of line fillers are used on the leaf: a blue and red bar, and a flower.

Donated to the University of Victoria in 2003 by Bruce and Dorothy Brown, who often purchased items for their private collection from Maggs Bros. in London.