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Fragment: The size of the leaf is 177 x 120 mm. The text is black, fading to brown in places with red rubrics. Both sides show red guidelines, though the red pigment is fading on the verso. There are two notched indentations on one side of the leaf, showing where stitching was located. This edge also shows evidence of having been cut away from the bifolium. Damage includes rippling to the parchment and some darkening along the edges. There are ten red spots along the foredge, and a large spot along the bottom edge showing that the edges of this book were once painted red. Recto: There are two examples of capital initials. The capital “S” in gilt on a blue pigment background with fine white details. The capital initial “D” in gilt is on a faded red background. Fine white details are visible within the space of the “D”. There are red rubrics on lines 8, 9, 10, and 13. The rubric letters are R, V, A, and PS, respectively. There is a fleur-de-lis shaped line filler on the third line, in black with a red center. There is a pencil notation “180” above and to the right of the textblock along with an "S" with a line through the tail in the very upper right-hand corner. Damage specific to this side is a teardrop stain just right of center near the top edge. Verso: The capital initial “P” in gilt is against a blue pigment square, with the circle of the P being a faded red that now looks pink with a gray design. The red guidelines are most vibrant on the left side of the text but are otherwise faded. At the bottom of the page there is writing in pencil with “c.7101" in the bottom left corner while along the bottom edge over into the right corner is, “French 1350 $ 450”.