Manuscript codex. Title from printed catalog. Collation: Paper, (huchet watermark, cf. Briquet 7682, 7697, etc.) ; 1-1910 ; vertical catchwords surrounded on four sides by two points and a slash ; leaves signed a-1 through t-6. Layout: Written in 30 long lines; ruled in hard point. Script: Written in humanistic cursiva media; most headings in violet in script of text; some headings and some incipits in rustic capitals. Decoration: fol. 1r: bracket inner blue, purple, gold, and green acanthus border, initial in same colors 6 lines high; red initials with violet flourishes alternating with blue initials with red flourishes. Origin: Written in Italy, probably in Rome, between 1476 and 1478; belonged to Pedro Ferriz, Bishop of Tarazona, created cardinal in 1476, died in 1478. Fol. 1r, lower margin, Pedro Ferriz's arms below a cardinal's hat with legend "Petri Ferrici cardinalis tirasonensis." Bookplate: "au Comte Chandon de Briailles" in black ink: "MSS10."
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