CCCC 290 p. 96

Two of the capitals on this page are offset, meaning they sit just to the left of the column. This occurs in some manuscripts when the start of a major sense unit and the start of a new line coincide. Narrow columns for offset capitals like this are often incorporated into the mise-en-page, and offset initials are an important feature for the potential localization of manuscripts. In the first half of the twelfth century, for example, Rochester manuscripts, often exhibit this characteristic.