Extent: 216 leaves : parchment, illustrations ; 73 x 54 (38 x 26) mm
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Manuscript codex. Title from printed catalog. Collation: Parchment, fol. 216 (foliated 1-61, 63-217); 12 212 313(+1) 410(-5 and 6) 5-710 812(+4) 913(+3) 10-1110 1212 13-1410 1512 16-2110 222; catchwords present; leaves signed alphabetically, partially trimmed. Layout: Written in 13 long lines; ruled in green ink. Script: Written in Italian gothic textualis formata. 1. Decoration: Two inserted miniatures in early 16th century Venetian style: fol. 15v, (the Annunciation); fol. 81v, (the Massacre of the Innocents (compline)). A modern hand on fol. 1v has attributed these to Giulio Clovio, but they are not likely his. Probably to be attributed to a follower of Cima da Conegliano. 2. Decoration: Blank leaves within the text intended for illuminated miniatures and incipits. Border decorations in blue, green, and red ink of architectural motifs, with many birds and a rabbit present. Blue initials with red flourishes alternating with red initials with blue flourishes throughout, 2 lines high at beginning of sections of text, 1 line high within the text. Origin: Written in northern Italy, possibly in Padua, note presence of Justina, Anthony, and Prosdocimus in the calendar; the calendar also suggests Franciscan affinities. "Siena" written in modern pencil in upper margin of fol. 216r; fol. 1v, old sticker, probably of a dealer, with number "1354" and "tra" in black ink and "rax" in red ink; "17" written in pencil on the flylead itself.
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