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MS.F.4.21(4)

MS.F.4.21(4) Giovanni Balbi (Joannes Balbus), Catholicon (fragment). English. Late 14th century.

Detail of LUL MS.F.4.21(4) FragmentPhysical description: Single parchment leaf. 320 mm x 240 mm.

Contents: two columns with stub of less than 20mm of adjacent leaf.

Decoration: 2-line intials, alternating red and blue, with decorative extensions in to margin. Column divider in red and blue, with white vine on a blue background and red dots.

Provenance: marginal staining suggests the leaf was used as a pastedown; B14.4 (a shelfmark?) in the margin.

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