Ink braces

Evidence

"Ink braces join pairs of lines together, but sometimes they also draw groups of three lines into a visual pattern on the page: in BL, MS Sloane 340, f. 65v"

Remarks

In MS Sloane 340, ink is utilized not only for text but for drawing structural braces that group lines together. These braces organize the verses into visual patterns (pairs or trios), often corresponding to majuscules at the beginning of lines (p. 118, fn 46).