This English manuscript was made in the nineteenth century, using an extremely fine parchment. It contains the fifty-third chapter of the Book of Isaiah, in English translation. The small book is composed of eight folios written and decorated on the rectos, leaving the versos blank. Script and decoration suggest that the book was conceived to imitate the style of fourteenth- or fifteenth-century French illumination. The creators, Eleanor Taylor and James Slie, signed the book on the title page, and declared their intended revival of this tradition. Each folio is embellished with border decoration showing narratives of Christ's life, as well as zoomorphic and foliate motifs in a palette of blue, red, and gold leaf. The contemporary binding is painted with a coat of arms inscribed with the motto "GANG WARILY" (proceed with caution). Although the manuscript has traditionally been considered to be of English origin, the armorial shield points to a Scottish use.
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Upper board outside
Upper board inside
Front flyleaf i, r
Front flyleaf i, v
Front flyleaf ii, r
Front flyleaf ii, v
Interleaving 1r
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fol. 1r
fol. 1v
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fol. 2r
fol. 2v
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fol. 3r
fol. 3v
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fol. 4r
fol. 4v
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fol. 5r
fol. 5v
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fol. 6r
fol. 6v
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fol. 7r
fol. 7v
Interleaving 8r
Interleaving 8v
fol. 8r
fol. 8v
Back flyleaf i, r
Back flyleaf i, v
Back flyleaf ii, r
Back flyleaf ii, v
Lower board inside
Lower board outside
Spine
Fore-edge
Head
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