Title supplied by cataloger. Collation: Parchment. 18−1, 210−1, 36, 48−2, 5-88−1, 98−5, 108, 112, 128−1, 13-368, [lacking quire 37], 38-468, 478−1; lacking fol. 1-19, 36, 43, 49, 55, 63, 70, 79, 83, 85, 87, 89, 90, 101, 301-309 (quire 37), 384, and an unknown number of folios at end. Signatures in modern pencil on first recto of each quire. Catchwords preserved. Contemporary foliation in red roman numerals, predating text... Layout: 1 column, 32 lines. Writing lines in brown plummet. Script: Written in an Italian Gothic hand in black ink. Red rubrics. Decoration: Three 5-line gold initials with diapered infill and scrolling acanthus leaves in margin (fol. 80v, 81v, 82v). The missing folios were probably illuminated with similar initials; the offprint of the gilt initial on the missing folio 101 is visible on fol. 100v. 3-line initials throughout alternate red with blue filigree or blue with red filigree. Origin: Written in Italy in the fifteenth century, possibly for the use of a community of fratrum minorum. Armorial bookplate of John Bolton inside front cover.
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