Layout: 1 column, 34 / 42 lines Decoration: Large initial "H" in brown ink opening the text on Fol. 71.42, with larger marginal pilcrow midway down the page and title on 2 lines at top of the recto Early foliation in ink at top right corner of each recto, with later, emended, dealer-added foliation at the lower right corner of each recto multiple scribal hands and ink stocks indvidual entries set apart by skipped lines marginal additions in different hand on fol. 71.42 and 71.54 Provenance: Fol. 71.42 donated by Lisa Kiser (Columbus, OH) in July 2014 Provenance: Fols. 71.52-71.54 donated by Charles Hoff in 1986, formerly Spec.Rare.CMS.113, XIV-153, 1986.853.001-003 Provenance: Original parent codex broken and dispersed by Bruce Ferrini (Akron, OH) From the so-called "Rules of the Brotherhood of St. Michael." This title was assigned to this manuscript by its breaker, Bruce Ferrini (Akron, OH) to spur sales. The original codex actually was a collection of records of wills, bequests, and privileges Two notary signatures are present, each identifying a different scribe: Bernardus Torella (Fol. 71.42) and Bonanatum Egidii, "scribe and notary public of the king" (Fol. 71.42) Incipit: Fol. 71.42: Hoc est transumptum sive exemplum Fol. 71.52: …los pobres de la Fol. 71.53: …ran la dita missa Fol. 71.54: possehere en la ciutat Explicit: Fol. 71.42: ab originali privilegio invocato Fol. 71.52: delliberate si celebra Fol. 71.53: que yo he e… Fol. 71.54: quien fa lo dit en… Fol. 71.42 includes a copy of an earlier record of privileges granted by King John II of Aragon in 1440, beginning with an introductory paragraph in Latin, and the text recording the privileges in Old Catalan. Fols. 71.52-71.54 include records of private bequests given to secure masses
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