Extent: 398 leaves : parchment, col. illuminations ; 125 x 90 (85 x 70) mm bound to 140 x 110 mm
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Ms. Codex. Title from Kidd. Collation: Parchment, fol. i + 398 (foliated 1-22, 24-239, 239[bis], 240-338, 340-399) + i; 16+1 23 312−2 412 510 615−1 716−2 810 910+1 10-1312 1412−2 15-1912 2010 2112−1 2210−1 2316−3 2412 2512−1 2612−1 2712−1 2810 29-3012 31-3210 3312 3412−1 358−1 3612+1 374. Layout: written in 2 columns of 29 lines; ruled. Script: written in rounded Gothic script. Decoration: four illuminated initials; initials with decorative motifs in red and blue throughout, some extending the length of the column; smaller initials in red or blue and red rubrics and paragraph marks throughout. Additions to text showing that Augustinian Hermits, probably at Genoa, used breviary in the fifteenth century (see fol. 376-399v). German-speaking owner, 19th/early 20th century: notes in German in ink, attributing the manuscript to Venice, 1420 (fol. ir-v). German-speaking owner, 20th century: notes in German in pencil, listing the folio numbers of the large initials (lower pastedown...
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