|
Chapter
|
Initial
|
Description (* indicates occurrence at head
of column) |
| Prologue |
M |
*Ornamented dark-ground woodblock initial, 7 lines high,
width ca. 45% of column |
| Book I: |
|
|
| i |
A |
*Ornamented dark-ground woodblock initial, 5 lines high
|
| ii |
R |
*Bold undecorated initial, 2 lines high |
| iii |
G |
Bold undecorated initial, 2 lines high, after 2-line-high vertical spacing
|
| iv |
A |
Textface cap, indented 1 space, after 1-line vertical space |
| v |
R |
Bold undecorated initial, 2 lines high, after 1-line vertical
space |
| vi |
E |
Bold undecorated initial, 2 lines high, after 1-line vertical
space |
| vii |
T |
Bold undecorated initial, 3 lines high, no added vertical
space between chapters |
| viii |
O |
[Thynne "Oft" for "Eft"] Bold undecorated initial, 2 lines
high; no added vertical space between chapters |
| ix |
O |
Bold undecorated initial, 2 lines high, after 2-line vertical
space |
| x |
F |
Textface cap, indented 2 spaces, after 1-line vertical space |
| Book II: |
|
|
| i |
V |
*Ornamented dark-ground woodblock initials, 7 lines high, width ca.
45% of column |
| ii |
I |
Bold undecorated initial, 2 lines high, after 1-line vertical
space |
| iii |
R |
Block of space 3 lines high and equally wide allocated for feature initial,
but occupied only by textfont cap in middle of space |
| iv |
T |
Bold undecorated initial, 2 lines high, after 1-line vertical
space |
| v |
W |
Block of space 3 lines high and equally wide allocated for
feature initial, but occupied only by textfont cap in middle of space |
| vi |
H |
Bold undecorated initial, 2 lines high, after 1-line vertical
space |
| vii |
A |
Ornamented dark-ground woodblock initial, 3 lines
|
|
|
high, after 1-line space, following 3-line double hanging-indent ending preceding
chapter |
| viii |
V |
Bold undecorated initial, 2 lines high, after 1-line vertical
space |
| ix |
E |
Bold undecorated initial, 2 lines high, after 1-line vertical space,
following 6-line double hanging-indent ending preceding chapter |
| x |
M |
Block of space 3 lines high and equally wide allocated for feature initial,
but occupied only by text font cap in middle of space |
| Thynne |
C |
*Bold undecorated initial, 2 lines high |
| xi |
[E] |
[chapter-division not indicated in Thynne]
|
| Thynne |
T |
*Bold undecorated initial, 2 lines high |
| xii |
R |
*Bold undecorated initial 2 lines high, after 1-line vertical
space, following 3-line double hanging-indent ending preceding chapter |
| xiii |
C |
*Bold undecorated initial, 2 lines high, after 1-line vertical
space |
| xiv |
I |
Bold undecorated initial, 2 lines high, after 1-line vertical space,
following 6-line double hanging-indent ending preceding chapter |
| Book III: |
|
|
| i |
O |
*Ornamented woodblock framed initial, 4 lines
high, ¼ width of column |
| ii |
N |
Textface cap, merely indented 1 sp, after vertical space of 1 line
|
| iii |
T |
Textface cap, merely indented 1 sp, after vertical space of 1 line,
following 5-line double hanging-indent ending preceding chapter |
| 4 |
H |
Textface cap, merely indented 1 sp, no vertical space separating chapter,
following 2-line double hanging-indent after vertical space of 1 line |
| 5 |
I |
In displaced quire r; correct chapter-division unidentified in Thynne and
Skeat: midline textface cap only |
|
[I] |
In displaced quire r; incorrectly identified chapter-
initial (which heads Skeat's vi): bold undecorated initial, 2 lines high, after 1-line vertical
space |
| 6 |
N |
In displaced quire s; bold undecorated initial, 2 lines high, after 1-line
vertical space (not identified by Skeat as chapter-initial; occurs 8.5 Th-lines into Skeat's chapter v)
|
| vii |
V |
*In displaced quire s; bold undecorated initial, 2 lines
high |
| viii |
S |
In displaced quire t; bold undecorated initial, 2 lines high, after 2-line-
high vertical spacing |
| ix |
K |
In displaced quire t; bold undecorated initial, 2 lines high, after 1-line
vertical space |
