Ms. codex. Title from printed catalog. Collation: Parchment, fol. 94 (formerly foliated [1]-34, 229-296 with numerous errors; refoliated 1-94); 18(+1, fol. 9, before 1) 28 36(-6) 4-128; horizontal catchwords preceded and followed by a flourished dot. Layout: Written in 14 long lines; ruled in violet. Script: Written in Catalonian (i.e. Italian) style gothic textualis rotunda. Decoration: fol. 1v full-page illustration of the Annunciation, full border of blue and gold acanthus with floral decorations and marginal figures, all of the variety associated with workshop of Willem Vrelant in Bruges; fol. 2r, full border and blue, magenta, and gold initials 6 lines high; fol. 5v, full border with initials 6 lines high; fol. 23r, 32r, 39v, 43r, 40r, 55v, 63r, 67r, 73r, and... Origin: Written in Bruges in about 1460. Number 45 from the collection of Henry Probasco. Forms part of the Henry Probasco Collection at the Newberry Library.
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