Extent: 168 leaves : parchment, ill. ; 120 x 85 (75 x 55) mm bound to 130 x 100 mm
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Ms. codex. Title from Kidd. Collation: Parchment: fol. ii (paper) + 168 + viii (paper) + ii (paper); 16 2-412 512−1 610 7-812 912−1 10-1112 126 13-188; sporadic catchwords and signatures. Layout: Written in one column of 17-23 lines; fol. 1r-163v frame-ruled, fol. 164r-177v unruled. Script: Main text written 23 lines per page; 20 lines from fol. 132; 19 lines from fol. 146r; 17 lines from fol. 147v; in gothic script. Fols. 164r-171r with 21 lines in bâtarde script. Decoration: Six large initial miniatures with scroll borders; some initials in red, blue, and gold; tesselated background in sepia for minatures. Origin: produced in Tournai during the late 14th century Former shelfmark: 264.028 B. The illuminator worked at Tournai. Perhaps in Paris in the 15th century, when Genevieve was added to the calendar (January 2).
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