Water damage
Abstrusa Glossarium latinum. Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 7691, fol. 74r.
Pontifical Punctuation
Pontificale-missale Johannis, ducis Bituricensis Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Manuscrits, Latin 8886, fol. 5r.
Sous rature
1.° Martyrologium Usuardi : plurima folia loco suo mota sunt. — 2.° Isimberti, Abbatis sancti Martialis, littera, aliàs, redditus sive conquesta facta …
Acidic ink
Évangile de saint Jean, venu de l’église de Chartres. Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 10439, fol. 65r.
Gold page. White line fillers.
Horae ad usum romanum. Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 1171, fol. 2r.
Reading between the lines
Vetus Testamentum, cum glossa ordinaria [pars]. Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Manuscrits, Latin 126, fol. 40r.
Text grid with prickings
Rabanus Maurus, In honorem sanctae Crucis [De laudibus sanctae Crucis]. Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Manuscrits, Latin 2422, fol. …
Ellipsis
Oribasius, Synopsis . Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 10233, fol. 72v.
90 lines with prickings
Augustinus. — Amalarius. — Rabanus Maurus. — Apocalypsis cum glossa. Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 1938, fol. …
Stitch in time
Vitae sanctorum. Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 17002, fol. 20v.
Fermoir d’Anne
Grandes Heures d’Anne de Bretagne. Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 9474.
Rubric Spectrum
Multi-colored “rubrication” throughout this volume. Some very interesting monochromatic large initials later in the volume. Genèse et autres livres de la Bible …
Rainbow song
Antiphonarium ad usum Sancti Mauri Fossatensis. Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 12044, fol. 8r.
Ink damage
Sometimes paper didn’t hold up well to thick applications of acidic ink. 1.° Galfridi Anglici poëtria nova. — 2.° Anonymus de coloribus …