Binding: Bound, s. XVIII, in Italian embossed silver binding with two fore edge clasps. Figurative details, ff. 1-241v: Miniature; historiated initials. Script, ff. 1-241v: Rounded gothic book hand. Layout, ff. 1-241v: 14 long lines.
Former Owner(s):
Arms: 1, azure a fesse argent between three wheels argent; 2, argent a crescent azure and in chief a label of three points gules. Henry W. Poor sale (New York, 17 November 1908, I, n. 800) to G. D. Smith. Bequest to the Grolier Club by Beverly Chew.
Bibliography: De Ricci, p. 1291. ff. 1-241v: A leaf missing between the present ff. 49 and 50. ff. 1-241v: Latin. ff. 1-241v: Calendar (incl. Geminianus, Zenobius, Reparata, Cerbonus, Ansanus); Hours of the BVM; Penitential psalms and litany (incl. Zenobius and Reparata); Office of the Dead; Short Hours of the Cross; Hours of the Passion; Short Hours of the Holy Spirit; prayers.
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