Layout: 2 columns, 51 lines Decoration: Two four-line puzzle initials in red or blue with elaborate penwork infill and marginal penwork extensions, alternating two-line red and blue initials with contrasting penwork, running heads in alternating red and blue initials, alternating red and blue paraphs, quotations underlined in red, and rubricated section headings Bifolium recycled as a binding fragment, with one side largely obscured by binding residue. Multiple layers of substantial glossing, including interlinear comments and marginal comments in two different hands. Provenance: A single leaf and part of another bifolium from the same parent codex were sold by Bloomsbury Auctions (London), 2 July 2019 lot 24 Fol. 423.1: List of tituli and their chapters from Books I and II, including the end of the chapter list for Tit. VI (De schismaticis et ordinatis ab eis) through Book II, Tit. V (De raptoribus predonibus et incendiariis) Fol. 423.2: Text from the work's alphabetical tabula listing topics ranging from "beneficium" to "cognatio spiritualis" Fol. 423.3: Text from the work's alphabetical tabula listing subtopics related to the subject of excommunication Fol. 423.4: Text from Bk. II, Tit. V (De raptoribus predonibus incendiariis), Quaest. 155-163 Fol. 423.5: Text from Bk. II, Tit. VII (De usuris), Quaest. 4-16 Fol. 423.6: Text from Bk. III, Tit. XXXIII (De sententia precepti diffinitionis ex excommunicationis), Quaest. 217-228 single text leaves from book III, a bifolium from book II, plus a single leaf with part of capitula lists for book I Each folio was recycled as components for later bindings, with occasional later (17th-century?) inscriptions in brown ink on various folios Occasional contemporary marginal corrections or comments
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