Layout: 2 columns, 48 lines Decoration: 1 pilcrow in blue on the recto, with running titles providing Part and Distinction numbers in alternating red and blue characters embellished by penwork in the contrastin color, and the rubric opening chapter 8 on the verso in red Decoration: 3-line initial "C" in pink with white highlights and infilled with green, red, and blue, all set on burnished gold grounds; long foliage decoration extending from the initial into the exterior margin in green, blue, pink, red, and burnished gold, with additional vinework elements in black ink and terminating in flowers and gold bezants sprouting from the larger leaves Ruled in faint plummet Catchword "tunc" in decorative frame at bottom center of verso Remains of original foliation in red Roman numerals at top right corner of recto ("CXII") Provenance: Original codex possibly made for use in the court of King Martin I of Aragon Provenance: Capucin convent in Barcelona until 1930 Provenance: Private collection of Arthur M. Ellis (1875-1932) who purchased the original codex in Spain in 1930 Provenance: Pacific Book Auctions, June 2003, lot 155 Provenance: For further information, see Peter Kidd's "Medieval Manuscripts Provenance" blog: https://mssprovenance.blogspot.com/2014/05/a-dispersed-copy-of-john-of-waless.html Christopher de Hamel attributes the illumination to the same workshop/artist responsible for illuminations in the Valerius Maximus manuscript (MS L/26) in the Barcelona archives Incipit: oculis . efrena lingo . petulanti animo Explicit: pedem athe / nis prescius ; esset ea res ei capitalis . et Pt. V, Dist, 1, Ch. 7-8
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