Former owner's inscription on flyleaf: Sydney C. Cockerell, Cambridge, 12 July 1928. Sold by Hodgson (London, 1928) to Cockerell; obtained from Cockerell in 1930. Script: Written in a clear, precise, regular and legible Gothic hand. Layout: Written in 2 columns of 39 lines. Decoration: 10 leaves, at the end of each of the ten major parts, are decorated with illuminated capitals and ornamental borders, and the capital letter of the first leaf encloses miniature figures; and there are smaller initials in gold on every page. There are about 180 capitals, at the heads of chapters, in brilliant gold bordered with blue and brown. The codex is rubricated throughout, and... Binding: 18th-century Dutch vellum over boards; yapp edges; faded manuscript title on spine. Former owner's inscription on flyleaf: Sydney C. Cockerell, Cambridge, 12 July 1928. Sold by Hodgson (London, 1928) to Cockerell; obtained from Cockerell in 1930 and donated to the University of Chicago Library by Miss Shirley Farr.
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