Foliation: Paper, ii (19th-century paper) + 139 + ii (19th-century paper); 1, 7, [i], 10-14, 29-126, 129-161; contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto, [1-139], modern foliation in pencil, lower center recto. References in this record are to the modern foliation. The name Richard appears at the end of the work (f. 139v) in a hand that may be contemporary but does not appear elsewhere in the work. Title supplied by cataloger. Ms. codex. Layout: Written in 5 or 6 quatrains per page; frame-ruled in ink. Script: Written in several different cursive scripts, with quatrains in one hand, section headings and marginal dates in another, and the entries for 1554 through 1576 (f. 105v-139v) in a third hand. Binding: 19th-century calf (Zacour-Hirsch); spine is partly missing and is detached from upper cover. Origin: Written in Metz between 1553 (f. 124v) and 1576 (f. 139r). Incipit: Par ce moien voisineuf eur nom / ne depuis ... (f. 1r). Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal (New York, N. Y.), cat. I (1954), Item 70.28. Formerly owned by Hermann Sucher (bookplate, inside upper cover).
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