Composed of two distinct parts Text written above the top line Secretary script (fols. 228v-229r) Written by multiple scribes Binding: Original binding of pigskin over wooden boards; five bosses on both front and back, now missing; remnants of two leather straps on back cover; paper strip with title on front upper cover: "Alberdine Magnus" still visible, excessive wear making the rest of the writing on this strip illegible; on back cover, in ink: "Albertus Magnus"; covers lined with parchment leaves from liturgical... Layout: Fols. 1-126: two columns, about thirty-two to forty-two lines, single vertical and horizontal bounding lines in ink; pricking visible in top and bottom margin; written area: 215 x 145 mm Layout: Fols. 127-128: two to three columns, no bounding lines or ruling; written area: 235 x 170 mm Layout: Fols. 130-228r: two columns, forty-two to forty-five lines; single vertical and horizontal bounding lines in ink; pricking visible in top and bottom margin; written area: 240 x 155 mm Layout: Fols. 228v-229r: two columns, forty to forty-four lines, written text ignores vertical and horizontal bounding lines; written area: 250 x 165 mm Script: Gothic--cursiva Script: Secretary Decoration: Several seven- to eleven line initials in red or blue; many three- to six line red or blue initials throughout, some with extensions or more elaborate patterning, such as red stripes or dots against the white paper; headings and punctuation in red; many spaces for initials left unfilled; covers lined with parchment leaves from liturgical books with musical notations Related resource: Borgnet, A. B. Alberti Magni Opera omnia, v. 37 (Paris, 1898) pp. 1-321. Related resource: de Voragine, Jacobus. De laudibus Beatae Mariae Virginis. Schneyer 672 and Kaeppili, SOPMA 2158. Related resource: Bond, W. H. Supplement to the census of medieval and renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada. New York: Bibliographical Society of America, 1962, p. 434, no. 3.
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