Manuscript codex. Title from printed catalog. Collation: Parchment, fol. 156 ; collation impracticable ; some catchwords present, often surrounded by penscrolls. Layout: Written in 16 long lines; ruled in violet ink. Script: Written in gothis textura. Decoration: 13 half-page illuminations by the Master of Sir John Fastolf: fol. 30r: (the Visitation, Joseph in the background); fol. 41r: (the Nativity); fol. 46r: (the Annunciation to the Shepherds in the field); fol. 49r: (the Adoration of the Magi); fol. 52r: (the Presentation in the Temple); fol. 55r: (the Flight into Egypt, with the Massacre of the Innocents in the background); fol. 57r... Origin: Copied in French, probably in Rouen, approximately 1450; text 18 in feminine form; text 11, 12, and 16 in masculine form. Armorial bookplate of Auguste Brölemann, early 19th century book collector in Lyons; his books were sold by his great-granddaughter, Mme. Etienne Mallet, Sotheby's May 4-5, 1926, lot 56.
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