Ms. codex. Foliation: Paper, 94; [1-94]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto. Traces of a near-contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto, mostly trimmed away. Layout: Written in 2 columns of 34 lines; ruled in lead and ink. Script: Written in a formal book script (f. 1r-1v) by one hand that breaks off abruptly, with the text beginning again in a later semi-cursive humanistic script by a second hand. Works 2-6 begin with a few words in a larger, Gothic script. The sixth work has many corrections in another hand. Decoration: 5-line red initial with blue penwork ornamentation (f. 2r, 65r), 2-line blue initial with red penwork ornamentation (f. 84), rubrics in red, with alternating red and blue initials, and capitals and Gothic incipits touched with yellow; manicule (f. 63r). Binding: Contemporary blind-stamped brown calf over wooden boards; five brass bosses on each cover (one missing, upper cover, lower left corner); two clasps and catches, engraved and stamped IHS. Spine splitting. A few wormholes. Various stains and smudges. Origin: Written in northern Italy, based on orthography and early provenance in Verona (f. 94v), in 1464 (f.1r) and mostly in 1473 or later (f. 2r). Formerly owned by the Monastero di Santo Spirito of Verona (inscription, f. 94v). Appears in Maggs Bros. catalog 542 (1930), no. 180a, and catalog 687 (March 1940), no. 239. Sold by Laurence Witten, 1955.
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