Extent: 81 leaves : parchment ; 199 x 136 (142 x 95) mm, bound to 204 x 144 mm
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Manuscript codex. Title from opening rubric on fol. 1r. Fol. 80r and 81v are blank. Collation: Parchement, ii (20th-century paper) + 81 (foliated in early black ink) + ii (20th-century paper); 1-612 712(-8,11,12); catchwords in bottom center margin on some quires. Layout: Written in 2 columns of 33 lines; drypoint ruling. Script: Written in Gothic script, with soft rounded Italian "r" and stroked "i", Tironian et (no crossbar), and inverted "c" brevigraph. Decoration: Rubrication and blue and red 4-line initials throughout. Lombardic Versals wheel on fol 81r, a later addition dated 1435. Binding: Brown morocco over boards; blind stamped borders; gilt spine title; woodblock printed endpapers with pocket on rear inside cover. Accompanying materials: 20th-century typescript description laid in pocket in rear inside cover. Origin: Likely produced by Italian monks. Written in the late 14th century based on script. Shelfmark: Chicago, IL, University of Chicago Library, Ms1590. Typescript description in pocket of rear inside cover recounts a (possibly apocryphal) account of the book's provenance: "It was thrown on the fires during the Spanish Civil War and was purchased among other books from the soldiers for the price of 3 jugs of wine. Brought to the United States in 1938."
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