Manuscript codex. Title from printed catalog. Collation: Parchment, fol. i + 140; 1-1110 128 1310 1412; vertical catchwords; traces of leaf signatures visible at the end. Layout: Written in 23 long lines; ruled in pen. Script: Written in humanistic cursiva formata. Decoration: fol. 1r, full gold and white ivy stem initial 6 lines high and full border on ground of blue and red, framed in gold, decorated with putti and exotic birds, one in lower margin eating a fly drawn with great detail; six similar white vine stem initials 3-5 lines high accompanied by partial borders; fol. 2v; fol. 43r, with an exotic bird; fol. 74r, with two birds; fol. 95r, with two... Origin: Written in Italy in the second half of the 15th century. Front pastedown sticker of "Leonis S. Olschki, Bibliopolae Veneti no. 23691, Serin 71."
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