Manuscript codex. Collation: Paper (fol. 1-14 have serpent watermark, Briquet, 13625; fol. 1-48 have fleur watermark, Briquet, 6592), fol. 102 (foliated in the following manner: 4 folios unfoliated, 1-14 (1 folio after fol. 1 and 1 folio after fol. 2, unfoliated), 1-48, 1-34 ; 14 2-98 10-1210 134 ; quires 2-3 vertical catchwords (floral mark above and below) in lower right margin; quires 4-9, horizontal... Layout: Quires 2-3 written in 26 long lines beginning on the 2nd ruled line; quires 4-9 written in 24 long lines beginning on the 2nd ruled line ; quires 10 written in 18-23 long lines with the minims of the first written line hung from the first ruled line; quires 11-12 written in 21 long lines beginning on the 2nd ruled line; quires 2-9 ruled in pencil, quire 10 unruled, quires 11-13 ruled... Script: Written in at least 2 different hands: quires 2-3 in Italian gothic textualis media incorporating occasional humanistic traits; quires 4-9 written in a similar Italian gothic textual media, with one-story "a" and trailing terminal "s"; quires 11-13 in humanistic textualis media changing to Italian hybrida media. Decoration: fol. 1 and 17, headings in red in script of text; fol. 1r, 17r, 32v, 39v, 40v: red initials 2 lines high; fol. 1r, 17r, 25r, 33r: initial letter of each line touched in red; names of interlocutors in red. Origin: Written in Italy, text and paper indicate in or near Milan, approximately 1430. Armorial bookplate "Ex libris Herculis de Silva" from the library of Ercole Silva of Milan (1756-1840); listed in 1869 sales catalog "Livres rares et précieux, imprimés et manuscrits ... provenant de la bibliothèque de M. le comte H. de S***, de Milan" as number 248. Pen trials on fol. 14v of the first sequence suggest that at least text 1 circulated separately before binding. Blurring on fol. 25 has confused a modern reader who numbered the "Epistole metriche" incorrectly. Former owner's inscription, fol. 31r second sequence "Hic liber est Flaminii Cribelli" in 16th-century hand. Back cover has effaced black stamp with cardinal's hat over eagle.
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