Extent: 30 leaves ; 288 x 213 (211 x 146) mm, bound to 298 x 221 mm
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Title from incipit on fol. 1r: "Incipiunt lectiones nove de sanctis et p[ri]mo de Sa[n]cto Saturnino." Collation: Paper, ii (20th-century paper) + 30 (foliated 1-30 in 20th-century pencil) + ii (20th-century paper); 1-210 310(-9,10) 42; catchword on fol. 20v. Layout: Fol. 1r-24r written in 32 long lines; frame ruled. Fol. 24v-28v written in 2 columns of 29-33 lines, above line; frame ruled. Fol. 29v-30v written in 24 long lines; frame ruled. Script: Written in 3 distinct scripts, probably by different scribes. Script 1 on fol. 1-24r: clear, well-rounded Gothic miniscule, with usual Latin contractions and almost devoid of punctuation. Script 2 on fol. 24v-28v: clear Gothic hand, neater and more elegant, slightly more angular, with full use of punctuation marks. Script 3 on fol. 29v-30v: legible Gothic hand, formed of larger and... Decoration: Titles, headings, 2-line initials, and rubrications in red. Binding: Binding: 20th-century quarter orange morocco with black and orange marbled paper over boards. Rebound in 1969 by the Horton Bindery; binder's signature on 2nd rear flyleaf. Paper repairs to lower margin of fol. 1 and fol. 30. Origin: Monastic, probably from Rhineland region, based on scripts. Has large watermark ("three mounts" surmounted by a long angular cross) of same type as Briquet 11804, 11808, and 11811, which points to paper manufactured in area between Bamberg and central Austria during last quarter of 15th century. Shelfmark: Chicago, IL, University of Chicago Library, Ms199. Purchased in 1964 from New York bookseller Bernard M. Rosenthal, his 1964 catalog, no. 2.
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