Ms. codex. Title supplied by cataloger from first printed edition. Collation: Paper with 2 parchment bifolia, 95; 112(-1) 2-812; inner and outer bifolia of first gathering parchment, with first leaf now missing; [1-190 (151-167 blank)], modern pagination in pencil, upper outer corners 1-55, upper right recto 57-185; modern signatures in pencil, 1-8, lower left first recto. Link to collation model at end of record. Link to collation model at end of record. Layout: Written in 48 long lines, with vertical bounding lines in ink (text); most tables in landscape orientation, with 18 columns, with double vertical and upper horizontal bounding lines. Script: Written in Gothic cursive script by Johannes de Kuppferberg (p. 33). Decoration: Tables in black and red ink (p. 35-150, 168-185); rubrication, underlining, and paragraph numbers in text in red ink, with spaces left for initials 3 to 6 lines in height (p. 1-33). Watermark: Similar to Briquet Balance 2454 (Wiener Neustadt, 1476). Binding: Modern mottled calf with paste paper endpapers, marbled edges, and 19th-century gilt spine laid down. Origin: Written in Austria or Hungary, circa 1476 (based on watermark). Sold by a French dealer before 1957 (catalog description, inside upper cover). Sold by Laurence Witten to Harrison D. Horblit, 1957. Appears in H. P. Kraus's cat. 155 (1980), no. 16. Formerly owned by John D. Stanitz (Cleveland, Ohio), Ms. 3. Acquired by Lawrence J. Schoenberg with other Stanitz manuscripts, Sept. 1997. Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2012. Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2021.
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