Extent: 1 bifolium : parchment, ill. ; 205 x 460 mm.
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Ms. leaves. Gloss: On fol. a, recto, incipit, "Quia praeposterum est ordo prius humania subsidia petere..." [Glossa ordinarium in librum sextum] / [Giovanni d'Andrea]. Condition: Manuscript waste used for paste-downs to bind another book; leaves are badly damaged and cut down to about half the height of original size. Bifolium represents outer leaves of a quire, probably originally comprised of 10-12 leaves. Layout: Main text written in double columns of 20-26 lines, surrounded by a gloss of about 50-54 lines. Script: Gothic textualis rotunda. Decoration: On fol. a, recto, large illuminated initial embellished with gold and two coats of arms, each charged with a black bear; smaller illuminated initials mark major divisions in text; one small marginal illustration; rubrics in red. Origin: Written in Italy ca. 1325. Shelfmark: St. Louis, Saint Louis University, Pius XII Memorial Library, Special Collections, VFL MS 059. Probably owned originally by a member of the Orso family of Venice, identified by the coats of arms on folio a, recto. Purchased from Boyd Mackus with funds from Saint Louis Library Associates, May 2011.
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