Extent: 84 leaves : paper ; 222 x 144 (158 x 106) mm
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Title devised by cataloger. Manuscript codex Collation: 84 (paper): 1-7¹² Foliation: Contemporary foliation in ink in upper margin: at center (i-xxv), to the right (xxvi-xxxiii), in the corner (xxxiiii-lxxxiiii). Foliation supplied in Hindu-Arabic numerals by cataloger. Catchwords: Horizontal catchwords at center on folios 12v, 24v, 36v, 48v, 60v, 72v. Watermarks: Watermarks present (unidentified). Layout: Written in 25-27 long lines, above top line. Frame ruled in lead with full-length vertical and horizontal bounding lines. Pricking marks are visible on the head and tail edges. Script: Written by a single hand in pre-Humanistic cursive. Decoration: 2-line initials in plain red at the beginning of each sermon on folios 1r, 2v, 3r, 23v, 28r, 54r, 77r, 78r, 79r, with spaces left for initials (with no guide letters visible) in the remainder of the manuscript; sentence initials highlighted in red on folios 1r-5r, 23v-24r, 27v-28r, 53v-54r, 76v-77r, 78r-79r; rubrics in red on folios 23v, 54r, 77r, 78r-78v; rubrics underlined in red... Binding: Sewn on three alum-tawed double thongs and single supports at head and tail; cover missing. The sewing supports and the tailband are broken off and the rest of them are missing, together with the headband. Origin: Probably written in the second half of the fourteenth century in Italy. Shelfmark: Lawrence, University of Kansas, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, MS C278 The 55 sermons in this manuscript are found in the following order according to the numbering of the sermons by Schneyer (Johannes Baptist Schneyer. "Nicolaus (Nicolutius) de Asculo (Esculo) OP." In Repertorium der lateinischen Sermones des Mittelalters für die Zeit von 1150-1350. Beiträge zur Geschichte der Philosophie und Theologie des Mittelalters 43. 11 vols. (Münster: Aschendorffsche... MS C278 contains loose continuous sewing guards in each gathering: the center-folds are supported by approximately 20 mm parchment strips and the spine-folds by approximately 25 to 40 mm parchment strips. These parchment sewing guards, seemingly coming from different but contemporary manuscripts, are all repurposed and contain texts (unidentified). In good condition despite missing cover. Minor water damage and staining on the fore-edge. Minor bookworm damage on the head- and tail-edges with no loss of text. Deckle edges occasionally visible on the tail-edge. Few contemporary marginal annotations. History of the manuscript is unknown.
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