Text written by one hand in a small, Northern Textualis script. Black ink faded. Text written above the line, with the descenders of “g” and “p” just below the line. Horizontal bar very short on the one Tironian "et" signum (line twelve of verso). Difficult to determine whether there was a separate rubricator.

Slightly discoloured on outer edges (from use). Mounting tape on four corners of verso, along with pencil mark "VM6.53" in bottom right corner.

According to Susie Nash’s analysis of manuscript illumination in Amiens, marginal decoration may suggest production between 1410-1425 (254). Comparison with Ege’s description of Leaf 28’s marginal decoration in portfolio 19, held at the Stony Brook University Libraries, on the other hand, suggests mid-fifteenth century.  

General: One-line painted initials in burnished gold on blue and red-rose squares filled with white detail. Both colours are used on the outsides of each initial, while each colour placed alternatively inside the letters. All have cusped edges. Line-fillers with red-rose and blue backgrounds and white detail, with burnished gold “zigzag” shapes or dots overtop the two colours.  

Recto: Three-line painted initial “K” in burnished gold on blue and red-rose background with white detail. All edges are cusped. Double bar in left margin connects the initial “K” located near top of page to the bottom of the text. One bar painted in burnished gold while the other begins with red-rose and changes to blue at the halfway point. Sparse black pen rinceaux with ivy decoration in gold and one red and blue flower on each branch in the upper and lower margins. Black pen rinceaux with ivy decoration on inside margin. The branches largely eminate from the double bar mentioned above or from the decorated initial “G” at the top of the page. “Letania” is rubricated to highlight the beginning of the Litanies.  

Verso: No marginal decoration. Rather than rubrication of the letters of the abbreviated "ora pro nobis," a red strikethrough has been used. Small red ink “splash” at beginning of "orate pro nobis."

Donated to the University of Victoria in 1993 by Bruce and Dorothy Brown. Provenance before that unknown.