Book three: Chapter 48; Chapter 49. Chapter 49 begins with the title 'De Quadragesime Observatione' (On the Observance of Lent) in larger capitals than usual, in green filled with red. The text is written in a Visigothic minuscule on lines ruled with dry point. There are 27 lines to a page. The text of the Rule is written in red or green ink. Coloured or decorated initials are sometimes used, particularly following extracts from the Rule and to denote the start of the chapters. These are, in many cases, drawn in outline and sometimes filled in with colour red, green and yellow. Chapter forty nine commences with a large interlace filled 'L', outlined in ink.
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Book three: Chapter 48; Chapter 49. Chapter 49 begins with the title 'De Quadragesime Observatione' (On the Observance of Lent) in larger capitals than usual, in green filled with red. The text is written in a Visigothic minuscule on lines ruled with dry point. There are 27 lines to a page. The text of the Rule is written in red or green ink. Coloured or decorated initials are sometimes used, particularly following extracts from the Rule and to denote the start of the chapters. These are, in many cases, drawn in outline and sometimes filled in with colour red, green and yellow. Chapter forty nine commences with a large interlace filled 'L', outlined in ink.
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