Ms. codex. Title from title page (f. 1r). Incipit: Amantissime domine deus, unica spes animae meae ... (f. 2r) Foliation: Paper, 73; [i, 1-68, iv]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto. Layout: Written in 21-22 long lines; frame-ruled in lead. Script: Written in a cursive script by a single hand. Decoration: Includes 14 engravings by Adrian Collaert depicting standing figures of the apostles, with miniature scenes of their deaths or martyrdoms in the background; plus one pasted-in historiated initial in gold, blue, red, pink, green, and black depicting St. Gertrude of Nivelles in a nun's habit holding a book and crozier with four rats (f. 2r); and other pasted-in illuminated initials... Binding: Contemporary stamped vellum, repaired on the front hinge, with leather ties. Moderate oxidation of the ink; paper is brown, dry, and crumbling at the edges. Origin: Written in Flanders, ca. 1600 (Zacour-Hirsch). Formerly owned by E. B. Krumbhaar, 1910.
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