).
Note particularly the junctions and accidental crossings of the strokes (seen best in the enlargement, fig. [172]) as bearing on the mode of construction of the letters (see p. [84]).
Note the fine shape of the amperzand (
: 3rd line).
THE ILLUMINATION (see Characteristics of Winchester Illumination, or “Opus Anglicum,” pp. [82], [83], Bradley: “Illuminated Letters and Borders”). All the CAPITALS beginning the verses are in raised, burnished gold, in the margin. The titles are in red in fancy “Rustic Capitals” (p. [297]). The Line-Fillings consist of groups of red dots, in threes (
).
This extremely legible MS. would form an almost perfect model for a modern formal hand (
