Manuscript codex. Title from printed catalog. Collation: Parchment, last quire paper, 482 leaves (foliated a-i (modern); 1-10, 16th century probably from another codex; 11-109 (modern) and every tenth leaf, Medieval roman foliation 1-350, beginning on what would be fol. 110 of the preceding numerical sequence; final folios unnumbered; no. fol. 176, teo fol. 235, and no fol. 275 and 302); 110 (-1) 210 310(-1 with loss of text) 4-610 78... Layout: Written in 29 lines in two columns (quire 2 ruled for and written in 25 lines); ruled in lead point. Script: Written in Italian gothic textualis bt several hands with occasional evidence of humanistic influence; ink varies from brown to very black. Decoration: fol. 1, pink, blue, and green initials, historiated with what appears to be David holding a psaltery, 7 lines high; bracket floral border in same colors, in lower margin a cherub astride an erased olive wreath intended for a coat of arms; fol. 1 (second numerical sequence), magenta, blue, and green initial, historiated with a half length portrait of the Virgin(?) holding a book, 7... Origin: Written in central Italy, the decoration suggests in or near Florence, approximately 1463-1465, dates cited in calendrical tables. Erased colophon in red ink under second column, fol. 358v, illegible under ultraviolet light. Contemporary ex libris "Iste liber est mei Silvestrie Ioanis s[er] Francisci de Anglario." Number 7 from the collection of Henry Probasco. Forms part of the Henry Probasco Collection at the Newberry Library.
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