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Appendix CThynne's Initials at Chapter-Divisions
  
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Appendix C
Thynne's Initials at Chapter-Divisions

                                         
Chapter   Initial   Description (* indicates occurrence at head of column) 
Prologue   *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  Bold undecorated initial, 2 lines high, after 2-line-high vertical spacing  
iv  Textface cap, indented 1 space, after 1-line vertical space 
Bold undecorated initial, 2 lines high, after 1-line vertical space 
vi  Bold undecorated initial, 2 lines high, after 1-line vertical space 
vii  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  Bold undecorated initial, 2 lines high, after 2-line vertical space 
Textface cap, indented 2 spaces, after 1-line vertical space 
Book II:  
*Ornamented dark-ground woodblock initials, 7 lines high, width ca. 45% of column  
ii  Bold undecorated initial, 2 lines high, after 1-line vertical space 
iii  Block of space 3 lines high and equally wide allocated for feature initial, but occupied only by textfont cap in middle of space 
iv  Bold undecorated initial, 2 lines high, after 1-line vertical space 
Block of space 3 lines high and equally wide allocated for feature initial, but occupied only by textfont cap in middle of space 
vi  Bold undecorated initial, 2 lines high, after 1-line vertical space 
vii  Ornamented dark-ground woodblock initial, 3 lines  

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high, after 1-line space, following 3-line double hanging-indent ending preceding chapter 
viii  Bold undecorated initial, 2 lines high, after 1-line vertical space 
ix  Bold undecorated initial, 2 lines high, after 1-line vertical space, following 6-line double hanging-indent ending preceding chapter  
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  *Bold undecorated initial, 2 lines high 
xi  [E]   [chapter-division not indicated in Thynne]  
Thynne  *Bold undecorated initial, 2 lines high 
xii  *Bold undecorated initial 2 lines high, after 1-line vertical space, following 3-line double hanging-indent ending preceding chapter 
xiii  *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:  
*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 
Textface cap, merely indented 1 sp, no vertical space separating chapter, following 2-line double hanging-indent after vertical space of 1 line  
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   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  *In displaced quire s; bold undecorated initial, 2 lines high 
viii  In displaced quire t; bold undecorated initial, 2 lines high, after 2-line- high vertical spacing 
ix  In displaced quire t; bold undecorated initial, 2 lines high, after 1-line vertical space