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Puzzle Pieces

Puzzle Pieces

Fol. 64r. 1.° Innocentii Papae III. gesta : authore anonymo, quem tamen coaetaneum fuisse constat. — 2.° Hugonis Falcandi liber de calamitatibus …

Prologus

Prologus

Biblia Philippi Pulchri, regis Francorum. Biblia Philippi Pulchri, regis Francorum, vol. I Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Manuscrits, Latin …

Intercolumn

Intercolumn

Also have a look at fol. 194v, where a capital I appears twice within the intercolumn. Jacobus de Voragina,Legenda Aurea Source: gallica.bnf.fr …

Blue face and bezants

Blue face and bezants

M. Annaei Lucani de bello civili libri decem. Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 8044, fol. 1r.

Spiked Parti-colored O

Spiked Parti-colored O

S. Birgitta Suecica, Revelationum liber VIII. Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 3325, fol. 1r.

De column A

De column A

Manfredus de Monte Imperiali, Liber de herbis et plantis. — De avibus et piscibus. — Nicolaus, Medicus, Doctrina de usualibus medicinis earumque …

Fancy F with cue letter

Fancy F with cue letter

There are lots of these bubbly parti-colored capitals in this manuscript. Missale Parisiense. Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, …

Beata Clotildis

Beata Clotildis

Officium et Vita sanctae Clotildis . Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Manuscrits, Latin 917, fol. 24r.

Item Curls

Item Curls

Usatici et Constitutiones Cataloniae Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 4670A, fol. 35r.

The Big F

The Big F

Papinii Statii Thebaïdos libri duodecim. Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 8061, fol. 1r.

Flourishing with X

Flourishing with X

Breviarium Carcassonense. II Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 1036, fol. 173v.

Parti-colored lobes

Parti-colored lobes

Alberti Magni de animalibus libri viginti sex. Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 6518A, fol. 219v.

Parti-colored curls

Parti-colored curls

Quinti Curtii Rufi de rebus gestis Alexandri Magni libri decem : duo priores desiderantur. Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des …

Curly-Q

Curly-Q

Vies de saints Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Français 412, fol. 95r.