Manuscript on paper. Leaves [3] and [4] are blank. Illuminated initials at head of each of the three books. Rubricated. 38 lines. Those parts of the text identifying the author and the title of the work are written with the letters of the words in reverse order. For example, the heading of the dedication on leaf [7] recto reads: Prohemium Iilisram Inicif Initnerolf ni murbil Ed atiu da Muminangam Muitnerual Mecidem eirtap merotaures [i.e. Prohemium Marsilii Ficini Florentini in librum De uita ad Magnanimum Laurentium... On leaf [78] recto the author's final date is given as: XVI. Sirbmetpes [i.e. Septembris] M. CCCC LXXX VIII. Ni orga Oigerac [i.e. In agro Caregio Beneath this are six lines of verse, addressed to Amerigus Corsinus. Colophon (leaf [78] recto): Scripsit ex archetypo Andreas Bõnierie Valencie in Delphinatu. Anno Salutis. M. CCCC XCIII qvarto nonas Qvintilias [4? July 1493 The text was possibly copied from the Paris edition of ca.1494 (cf. Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, no.9884)
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