Attr. in text to F. Hieros. De Ferrare, [anon. French translation Collation: Quarto paper, with an armorial monogram watermark. i4, 14−1, 22, 36, 42, 56, 62, 76, 82, 94−1 (first and last are cancels). Catchwords preserved. Contemporary foliation in red ink, begins with [1] on fol. i, so reaches 35 instead of 31. Layout: 1 column, 34 lines. Bounding lines in brown ink, doubled on all sides, prickings partially preserved. Script: Written in a bâtarde script in black ink. Red cursive rubrics. Origin: Written in France on the 17th of March, 1543 (see fol. 6). Dedicated to Marie de Loynes, "vice-chancellière de France", by her nephew J. M., the translator. Bequeathed in 1624 by Gabriel Lalemant to the Jesuits of the Collège de Clermont, Paris (printed label on fol. 4, with manuscript note identifying the manuscript as nr. 32 at the Collège); their sale (Paris, 1764, n. 771), sold en bloc to Gerard Meerman (1722-1771), but since the manuscript is not listed in his sales catalogue, it was apparently inherited by his son Johan Meerman (1753-1815...
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