Extent: 150 leaves : parchment, color illustrations ; 339 x 254 (233 x 160) mm bound to 354 x 255 mm
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Foliation: Parchment, 150; [1-150]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto. Lacks one leaf at the beginning, many leaves between f. 149-150 (sections 12-18), and final leaf from section 19 (incomplete at end?). Title supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch). Ms. codex. Layout: Written in 2 columns of 66-69 lines; ruled in lead. Script: Written in a Gothic cursive script by one or several closely related hands. Decoration: Illuminated initials in gold, blue, pink, green, black, and yellow at the beginning of each section (f. 39r, 63r, 76r, 87v, 97r, 102v, 105r, 130v, 139r, 145v); red or blue initials with contrasting penwork ornamentation; paragraph marks in red. Binding: Contemporary calf over wooden boards. Origin: Written in Germany (Zacour-Hirsch) between 1360 (based on the latest commentator cited; Jeffrey Witt, Calix O'Hara, Kjerstin Burdiek) and the early 15th century (Zacour-Hirsch). Sold by Percy Dobell, 1911.
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