Extent: 85 leaves : paper, color illustrations ; 291 x 215 (233 x 133) mm bound to 297 x 215 mm
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Incipit: Omnes homines natura scire desiderant. Nam quaelibet res ferente natura appetit perfectionem... Origin: Written in Germany in the 15th century (Zacour-Hirsch). Binding: Modern vellum. Title from explicit (f. 82r). Ms. codex. Otherwise unknown according to bookseller's description, 1953. Same commentary is found in UPenn Ms. Codex 763 (Zacour-Hirsch). Foliation: Paper i (modern paper) + 85 + i (modern paper); [1-85]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto. Layout: Written in 39-49 long lines; ruled in lead. Decoration: 3-line to 6-line initials with pink, red, blue, green, gray, and gold ornamentation, some with foliate extensions (f. 1r, 8v, 10v, 16v, 23v, 35r, 37v, 49r, 52v); simple 3-line red initials throughout, with rubrication used for capitals, underlining, and paragraph markers. Script: Written in a Gothic cursive script by a single hand, with marginal annotations in a second hand. Sold by Karl Goldmann (Munich), 1953.
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