Extent: 147 leaves : paper ; 200 x 144 (138 x 85) mm bound to 208 x 150 mm
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Ms. codex. Title from later inscription (f. 2r). Collation: Paper, 147; 1-212 310 4-712 812(-1) 912(-1) 1014(-1) 11-1212 ii 134; [1-147], modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto (f. 12-55 with early foliation in roman numerals, 1-44). Catchwords on gatherings 4-7 and 9-12, last verso, lower center or lower right (f. 46v, 58v, 70v, 82v, 104v, 117, 129v, 141v). References in this record are to modern foliation. Layout: Written in 22-26 long lines; mostly frame-ruled in faint ink, some with double horizontal bounding lines. Pricking visible on one leaf (f. 24). Script: Written in Gothic cursive script by multiple hands. Decoration: Extended ascenders on a few top lines (for example, f. 11v-13r); calligraphic section headings (for example, f. 13r-18r); frequent 2-line initials. Binding: Original (late 15th-century) boards with remnants of original calf binding; remnant of a boss, central lower cover; spine and clasp lacking. Origin: Written in eastern France between 1475 and 1490. Sold by Les Enluminures, 1997. Formerly owned by John D. Stanitz (Cleveland, Ohio), Ms. 51. Acquired by Lawrence J. Schoenberg with other Stanitz manuscripts, Sept. 1997. Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2012. Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2021.
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