f82r top: hanging capital?

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I wonder if the two arched tubes at the top of You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. were intentionally arranged in such a way that they look like architectural frames appearing in other manuscripts...
I would be interested in seeing other examples, especially if they are closer to the weird “capital” in the VMS and / or earlier than these two.

Hello MarcoP,
I get this impression too.
In another You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. I wondered whether this page may have been inspired by the architectural structures we see being used as framing devices for pages of text with a multi-column layout: there too we find this type of arches and capitals at the top of the page, although they are generally supported by pillars. I find your example to be an even better match.
I also think there is another element which reinforces your point:
In another thread, which I can't seem to locate anymore (did it disappear during the Coventry incident?), Koen Gh and I had discussed the plant on f11r. As you can see, the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. plant seems to show a similar structure, with two arched branches meeting above a suspended leaf. There too, the hanging capital could have been an inspiration for the odd branch configuration depicted.

So I agree that there is a real possibility that the hanging capital could be something that the artist was inspired by, as we seem to have at least two occurences of this form.
Edit: here are a few examples of the type of architectural elements I had referred to in reference to 11r:

Cluny, France, Chapel ceiling detail, late 15thC.

St Fiacre de Faouet, France, 2nd half of the 15thC
Henry VII chapel, Westminster Abbey, England