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Tokyo, Takamiya Collection MS 9
 
Title:Astrolabe
Author:Chaucer
Contents:Astrolabe
Language:English
Date Range:1450-1475
Scribal Hands:
Examples of the hand. Click on the link above for full details and images of individual letter forms.
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Material:Parchment
No of Folios:31 + i
Quiring:(14), 2(12) + 5 leaves
Signatures:None
Catchwords:Yes
Page Size:160 x 110
Frame:Ruled in ink
Writing Space:110 x 80
Flourished Initials:Lombard capitals of two-lines in blue and flourished in red ink
Further Information:Seymour I: 129; Takamiya list in Marrow et al., The Medieval Book
Centre for Medieval Studies, University of York, King's Manor, York YO1 7EP