Manuscript codex. Title from printed catalog. Collation: Parchment, fol. i + 70 + i; 1-710; vertical catchwords. Layout: Written in 31 long lines; ruled in brown ink with double ruling on left to create a locus for minor rustic capitals at the beginning of paragraphs. Script: Written in humanistic textualis formata. Decoration: fol. 1, gold initial decorated with white ivy stem on a blue, green, and red ground; same but discrete decoration framed in gold; fol. 30 and 48, gold dentelle initials with gold and black patterning on grounds of violet and green. Origin: Written in Italy, probably in northeastern Italy in the 15th century. Marginal corrections by at least two hands. Former owner's inscription: Marcii Tullii Ciceronis arpinatis consulisque romani ad Marcum filium officiorum codices perbelle scriptos misit. Former owner's inscription: Biblioteca Canal. Refers to the collection of Pietro Canal at Crespano.
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