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Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Rawlinson D.3
 
MS Appellation:SC 12822
Title:Astrolabe
Author:Chaucer
Contents:Astrolabe
Language:English
Date Range:1425-1450
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:ii + 48 + ii
Quiring:8
Signatures:ai-aiiii, bi-biiii etc
Catchwords:None
Page Size:185 x 140
Frame:Ink ruling with pricking visible in places.
Writing Space:115 x 85
Marginal Headings:The usual red ink rubrics for titles and headings.
Title by Scribe:'Astrolabium' in rubric by the scribe
Borders:On first folio, gold, blue, red, green
Illuminated Initials:Gold initials with spray decoration in blue, red and green
Paragraph Marks:Gold, blue and red
Further Information:Catal. Codd. Mss. Bibl. Bodl. Macray, W. D., pp.2-3
Centre for Medieval Studies, University of York, King's Manor, York YO1 7EP