Breviary [leaf].

"12mo (15.6 cm x 11.4 cm, 6.125 x 4.5"). [1] This leaf is from a lectionary giving the lessons from matins, and, given its size, is likely from a breviary. It begins with part of the second and the third short lesson for matins on the Tuesday in the octave of the Ascension and continues with the lessons for the Wednesday in the octave (altogether Rev. 1:16–20). Then, for the octave day, follows a sermon of St. Leo for the feast of the Ascension, and part of the Venerable Bede's homily on the gospel "Behold I send the promised of my father . . ." (Luke 24:49 ff.).nnOn the recto are seven initials: 1 four-line blue initial "P", 1 red two-line "E", and 3 one-line blue initials alternating with 2 one-line red initials; on the verso 1 two-line initial I, 1 two-line initial E, and 4 one-line blue alternating with 3 one-line red initials. The lines are ruled in gray-brown, with the first line of text below the top ruling. The text is written in a round gothic bookhand with many abbreviations, in black ink with the rubrics in bright red. The recto is numbered xlviii, in red, in the upper right-hand corner. In the center of the bottom margin of the verso is the catchword "babti" in black surrounded by tracery. Spanish illuminated leaves from this period are very uncommon.nnA light stain in the lower outer margin, and bare remnants of adhesive higher up on the recto.",Full pdf available, https://dl.mospace.umsystem.edu/mu/islandora/object/mu%3A439306/datastream/PDF/view