Written in a gothic rotunda script in 2 columns in black ink, initial letters highlighted in pen-work and light green wash. There are 36 miniatures in colors and gold, many foliate borders and illuminated initials. Written for the monastery of Sta. Maria in Guadalupe in northern Spain, whose various emblems are found in the decoration. Date 6 Oct. 1506 and scribe's name Johanez de Logrosan from subscription, f. 136r. Bound in original blind-tooled brown morocco over wooden boards. In a tray case, 41 cm. Eugen Gutman (Die Kunstsammlung Eugen Gutmann (Berlin 1912)). Deposited by Philip Hofer, 1967; gift, 1982.
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