Manuscript codex. Title from printed catalog. Collation: Parchment, fol. ii + 139 + i (foliated 1-142, flyleaves included in folation); 1-26 3-78 8 (entirely removed with loss of text) 9-108 118(-2) 12-138 144 15-188 194 208; catchwords. Layout: Written in 16 long lines; ruled in violet. Script: Written in textualis quadrata formata of uneven quality. 1. Decoration: Nine half-page illuminations accompanied by full gold and blue acanthus borders, decorated with flowers: fol. 23r (the Annunciation); fol. 40v (the Visitation); fol. 51v (the Nativity); fol. 55r (the Circumcision); fol. 58r (the Presentation in the temple); fol. 63r (the flight into Egypt); fol. 75r (Gnadenstuhl Trinity); fol. 78r (King David in prayer, a harp at his side, rays... 2. Decoration: Four historiated initials accompanied by a similar bracket left marginal border: fol. 15r (the eagle); fol. 16r (the ox); fol. 17r (the lion); fol. 18r (the angel): symbols of the Four Evangelists with each holding a banderole with his name inscribed in French. 3. Decoration: fol. 128 and 131: full border decoration; fol. 137: bracket left border; blue initials filled with magenta alternating with magenta initials filled with blue, decorated with gold flora on gold ground 2-4 lines high throughout; gold dentelle initials with white patterning on grounds of blue and magenta, thoughout. Origin: Written in western France, probably in Angers (from calendar and litany) in about 1450. Former owner's inscription, modern (American?) pencil note on front flyleaf records 147 leaves, 11 large, 4 small miniatures, and 18 full borders; therefore, 8 folios and 2 illuminations had been removed from this codex prior to its foliation. Formerly no. 20 in the collection of Henry Probasco. Forms part of the Henry Probasco Collection at the Newberry Library.
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