Extent: 107 leaves : paper, diagram ; trimmed to 210 x 140 (138 x 80) mm
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Manuscript codex. Title from caption on fol. 12. Collation: Paper (watermarked: fol. 1-93, ciseaux, cf. Briquet 3666; fol. 98-107, échelle, cf. Briquet 5904), fol. ii + 107 (contemporary arabic foliation partially trimmed) ; 112 2-910 106 (-6 stub only) 1110 (10 used as pastdown) ; horizontal catchwords surrounded by four flourishes in violet or ink of text; no catchwords at end of quires 1 and 10. Layout: Written in 22 long lines beginning on first ruled line; quire 11 written in 26 long lines beginning on first ruled line; ruled in hard point Script: Written in humanistic textualis media, autograph corrections by the author in humanistic cursiva media; headings of texts 1 and 2 and initial two lined of text 2 also autograph; other headings in violet in script of text; fol. 97v, last ten lines struck out by the author; tie mark link text to fol. 98r; quire 11 written entirely by Trebizond in humanistic cursiva; citations shown by... Origin: Texts 1 and 2 must have been written in Naples and Rome between 1453 and 1455; on fol. 93r, Trebizond in referring to his age wrote 60 over 58 (visible under ultraviolet light) indicating that text 3 certainly was written between 1453 and 1456, since Trebizond was born April 3, 1395; fol. 103r, the year 1456 is mentioned. Former shelfmark "29" and "612" on spine, traces of blue and white (Olschki?) labels.
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