The commentary in the outer usually wider column is written in a minuscule hand, 47 lines per page. The biblical text in the inner column is in a larger hand approaching gothic, 26-23 lines per page. Written in Germany. There are 17 illuminated initials in colors and gold, of which 3 are historiated (ff. 1r, 110v, 116r). Others have dragons and birds. Minor initials are red or blue with pen-work decoration. Bound in contemporary deerskin over thick wooden boards. There is a vellum bookmark. See curatorial file for details of binding. In a tray case, 35 cm. Augustinerkloster Neuwerk bei Halle (15th.-cent. ownership inscription inside front board); Gotha Library (slip removed to curatorial file). Gift of Philip Hofer in honor of Rodney G. Dennis, 1983.
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