The alphabets are of capital letters mostly gothic or lombardic in shape, usually 4 or 9 to a page, the letters of different colors. The initials "F.H.L.V." and date 1592 are found in several places, most clearly on f. 16r with a device showing a goat (?) and tree. Perhaps written in Switzerland (to judge from early ownership at St. Gall). Previous catalogers thought probably the Netherlands. Tray case spine: "MS. Alphabet Netherlands 1592". Bound in an old vellum ms. leaf, over boards. In a tray case, 24 cm. "Liber Mon'rii S. Galii" (f. 1r). Bequest of Philip Hofer, 1984.
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