Illumination

Decoration: Red and Blue ink for majority, with acanthus leaves in margin. There is extensive use of gold leaf in the margins, in the miniature of St. Margaret, and the initials throughout the text.

Alternating blue and red ink used for the majority of the text for initials to highlight new lines.  In the Penitenial Psalms, the larger illustrated letters are used to begin each psalm.   

In multiple sections: especially Litany of the Saints and St. Margaret's poem, there are gold logs in red/blue with gold leaf, as both decoration and a way to balance the rectangular structure of the text box. It maintains the box shape and fills in the rest of the lines.

Specifically about the miniature of St. Margaret, there is extensive use of color. Attempts at perspective can be observed, bolstering the belief that this is from the 1400's. The Miniature tells the story of St. Margaret freeing herself from the belly of the dragon with her crucifix. She is shown with long, unbound blonde hair with light evidence showing a halo around her head. The dragon is represented with green paint and has the end of Margaret's gold dress coming out of its mouth.

Majority of the leaf looks to be gold paint, with gold leaf in specific areas to highlight, such as the illustratrated "A" of the first line: "Après la sainte Passion." In the Marginalia, there are three birds: two brown, smaller birds at the bottom of the page and one large peacock on the right side. Blue and gold acanthus and many flowers and berries are present. The decoration in the marginalia is commonly found in Northern France in the 1400s.

This leaf is found in the exhibit at: http://fol48.omeka.net/exhibits/show/fol48/item/12

The photos in the link represent some of the examples of illuminated illustration. 

Note: If you notice white squares along the margin areas, this is not a part of the original illumination.  These are pieces of white fabric tape, characteristically used by Otto Ege when separating leafs from the whole document to display singularly.  There is evidence of this in the examples linked to this entry and evidence of tape being pulled away, leaving residue.