Manuscript fragment on parchment of a series of initials from a manuscript of moderate quality attached by a gold border; a portion of an unidentified text is preserved on the other side of the fragment
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in gothic script (littera textualis)., and Decoration: 5-line initial "D" underneath which is a 2-line initial "U", 1-line initials "Q", "Q", "H", "Q", and "G", and a 2-line initial "U"; the initial "D" is in a dark red decorated with white penwork and on a gold ground; it is filled with blue and white vines in an s-shape that is attached to red flowers decorated with white penwork; the letters are attached by a vertical strip of gold and blue with both ends terminating in blue and red vines with blue, red, and gold flowers.