Author identified by manuscript scholar and former owner, Raymond Berriot (1910-1988) from signature on bottom of leaf 56; Berriot also notes that author's name suggests ms. originated in southwest France. Cf. Special Collections Info File. Text in black ink, in a small, closely-spaced late 16th-century hand, with numerous traditional abbreviations; ink drawings of star of David on leaves 14 (recto) and 22 (verso) of second sequence; abbreviation for Jesuit motto "Ad majorem Dei gloriam", A.M.D.G., at end of first and third sections (leaves 149 and 7, respectively) suggest possibility that author was a professor in a Jesuit... Leaves 1-3 of first section, and 1-8 of second section wanting. From the library of Raymond Berriot. Forms part of the Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)
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