Written in hybrida script in black ink with 3 historiated initials of acanthus-filled letters on gilt ground representing Christ crucified between Mary and John (f. 1r), the holy face of Christ (12v) and Mary, crowned, in 3/4 length view (31r); same pages are decorated with foliate borders of enlarged acanthus and blossoms on stems. Five decorated initials of colored or gilt letters, smaller... Title supplied by cataloger. Bound in early 16th-cent. stamped calf over wooden boards. In a tray case, 16 cm. Belonged to Paul Edouard Didier, comte de Riant (purchased from Trübner in Strasbourg, 1886, n. 50). Gift of J. Randolph Coolidge and Archibald Cary Coolidge, 1899.
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