A fragment of 13 detached leaves from a handsome small pontifical (the offices performed by a bishop), written and illuminated in France in the second quarter of the sixteenth century.

The script has been heavily influenced by Roman type, and the decoration by classical motifs. The initials have become carved Roman square capitals, alternating in white and gold on alternating gold and blue grounds decorated with berries, flowers, and leaves. From the library of Myles Standish Slocum.

R.H. & M.A. Rouse MS 69