23 full page miniatures precede the text; made for a lady who is depicted in one of the miniatures. The main part of the book contains large historiated initials, decorative line-fillers of dogs, dragons and flowers, and very fine borders in gold and colours, containing grotesques, birds animals and figures. Some contain lively scenes such as a schoolboy throwing a book at his master and a funeral procession. Flyleaves contain MS annotations in 14th century Gaelic, including a charm against wounding, which are amongst the earliest known examples of the written language. Illustrated as frontispiece to AR
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