Manuscript codex. Title from printed catalog. Collation: Parchment (southern preparation), fol. 29 (foliated 1-27, beginning with the third leaf, fol. 1-2, later additions; fol. 1, grafted on old stub) ; 110 (-1-3; 2-3 replaced with blanks) 2-310 ; formerly part of a larger codex ; quires numbered on verso of last folio in middle of lower margin, "Xm-XIIm" ; quires 1-9 missing since manuscript was bound in the 18th century ; horizontal... Layout: Written in 20 long lines; ruled in hard point Script: Written in humanistic semi-curisva in brown ink; "f's" and "s's" descend below line; occasional use of cursive form of "g" and of hanging short terminal "s"' fol. 1r, headings in violet in rustic capitals, elsewhere also in violet but in script of text; index notes of proper names in violet in script of text in outer margin. Decoration: fol. 1r (7 lines high) and fol. 2v (5 lines high): two gold initials with white vine stem on grounds of green, blue, and magenta Origin: Written in Italy in the middle of the 15th century. Armorial bookplate: Henrici Alani. Sold by Henry Ellis Allen's son, Samuel Allen, Sotheby's January 30, 1920 (lot 6), bought by Bernard Quaritch. Former owner: C. L. Ricketts. Forms part of the C. L. Ricketts Calligraphy Collection at the Newberry Library.
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