Extent: 145 leaves : paper (except f. 145, which is parchment); 157 x 108 (125-135 x 70-90) mm. bound to 170 x 113 mm.
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Ms. codex. The forward pastedown contains a statement of origin and table of contents in a Gothic cursive hand: "Liber iste est fratrum Carthusiensium prope Erffordiam." It also identifies a scribe: "Liber iste est conscriptus per dominum Mathiam professum huius domus." However, the manuscript is written in more than one hand; the hand inscribing the pastedown differs from those found among the leaves... Layout: Written in approximately 15 to 30 long lines, varying greatly in different sections of the codex. Script: Gothic cursive. Binding: 15th cent., stamped calf; remains of clasp; label on front cover, now illegible, ends with library number "DE-35" in Gothic hand. Accompanying materials: 10 cloth index tabs. Origin: Written at the Carthusian monastery of Erfurt in Germany, 15th century. Provenance: Carthusians of Erfurt. Obtained from Spirgatis of Leipzig, Cat. 55 (1897), n. 23, for the White Library. Former shelfmark: MSS Bd. Rare BX P27 Related shelfmark: MS B.16 (De Ricci)
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