[Illuminated Manuscript on Vellum] The Making of Viola E-List 34 Title page

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and title and author to second and fourth compartment

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A beautiful book by one of the leading artists of the Birmingham School of Arts and Crafts

[Illuminated Manuscript on Vellum] The Making of Viola E-List 34 Title page[Thompson, Francis.] The Making of Viola. England, 1920s (very likely Leicester). Illuminated manuscript on vellum of Thompsons lyric beginning Spin, daughter Mary, spin, the text written in a formal Gothic hand in black ink with sectional headings in burnished gold. Opening leaf with a stunning large illuminated initial S in red and burnished gold with lattice diapering and white heightening; small roundel in raised gold at the end of the text