On fol. iv recto, written in brown ink, inscription of Count Wolfgang Sigismund von Gallenberg (1706-1773): "À Leide 1727. Sigismond comte de Gallenberg. 9 sols." Below that, another inscription, copied in blue felt pen: "Ex libris Erich Crumbach [or Crumbacher?], 1939" and added beneath in black ink: "Wien-Österreich." Ms. codex. Title devised by cataloger. Collation: Paper, fol. iv + 182 + iv; 116 2-812 910 10-1512; some catchwords and signatures. Layout: Written in up to 32 long lines, ruled in plummet. Script: Written in a bâtarde script by at least 2 scribes in brown ink. Decoration: Headings and Latin quotations underlined in bright red, paragraph marks in red, numerous capitals stroked in red, some corrections with a few passages barred in red. Binding: Modern quarter binding of overturned leather with covers onto which original 17th cent. vellum have been remounted (pasted on), original covers of blind-stamped vellum with central ornamental motif (original flyleaves of original binding are present). Origin: Script and watermarks suggest this manuscript was copied in northern France in the mid-15th cent. Shelfmark: Berkeley, CA The Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley, MS UCB 181.
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