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Decorative motifs include acanthus foliage, birds, animals, flowers and berries, snails, dolphin-heads, cornucopias, putti, candelabra, etc. painted sometimes on the natural vellum ground and sometimes on blue, red or gold painted grounds.\r\nBinding: Brown morocco leather over wooden boards with a blind-tooled design on each cover composed of Mudejar ornament consisting of four panels divided by a cross of cable-work pattern and fillets enclosed in two rectangular frames. The binding formerly had five metal mounts on each cover, which have been removed, leaving only the screw-holes. The spine and part of each cover have been strenghened at some later date by a piece of light coloured leather. 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Oxford: 1967.","id":"AUTH348652"},"details":"p. 384.","free":""},{"reference":{"text":"Watson, R. <u>Western Illuminated Manuscripts.Victoria and Albert Museum. A catalogue of works in the National Art Library from the eleventh to the early twentieth century, with a complete account of the George Reid Collection</u>. London, 2011.","id":"AUTH348315"},"details":"Vol. II, no. 128. 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