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Sous rature

Sous rature

The parchment appears to have been scraped here. Pontifical, suivi de pièces relatives au Mont-Saint Michel. Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, …

Subject of contemplation

Subject of contemplation

Genèse et autres livres de la Bible Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 11548, fol. 135v.

Gloriosus

Gloriosus

Ado Viennensis, Chronicon sive Breviarium de sex mundi aetatibus ab Adamo usque ad annum 869 [avec une continuation d’après Reginon et Aimoin] …

River Jordan

River Jordan

Lots of externally historiated capitals like this one in this ms. Very fun to flip through. Ado, Martyrologium et obituarium (11-133). Source: …

Entangled dove in Quoniam

Entangled dove in Quoniam

Evangelium Lucae cum glossa ordinaria. Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 635, fol. 4r.

Fashioning Adam and Eve

Fashioning Adam and Eve

Genesis cum glosa Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 14399, fol. 5v.

Parti-colored A – 12th-c

Parti-colored A – 12th-c

Bernardus Claraevallensis , Sermones super Cantica Canticorum Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 14510, fol. 102r.

APLS XPI

APLS XPI

The pink and blue greyhound is curious enough, but I am also interested in these abbreviation marks that appear to weave through …

Paul’s lobed loop

Paul’s lobed loop

Epistolae Pauli cum glossa ordinaria. Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 312, fol. 105v.

Green H with knot

Green H with knot

The tail takes a little more room than was given. Homiliarium. Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 804, …

A Tri-color

A Tri-color

Exposition du Lévitique, par Raoul de Flay. Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 11564, fol. 95v.

Monochromatic Ad Dominum

Monochromatic Ad Dominum

Deuxième partie d’un commentaire sur les psaumes attribué à Yves. Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 12002, fol. …

Excita

Excita

Does this count as parti-colored or is it just colorful? Missale ad usum monasterii Sancti Mauri Fossatensis Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de …

Facing the music

Facing the music

Graduale, cum notiis musicalibus (280). Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 18010, fol. 24v.