Extent: 16 leaves : paper ; 303 x 103 mm bound to 307 x 110 mm
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Ms. codex. Title from caption title (f. 1r). Collation: Paper, 16; 1(8-1) 2(6) 3(2) 4(2-2); first leaf of first quire and last leaf of last quire are pastedowns; modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto 1-16 (1-3, 11-16 blank). Link to collation model at end of record. Script: Written in German cursive script by Sebastian Schindler; liturgical text on covers written in Caroline minuscule. Decoration: Liturgical text on cover has simple decorated initials and rubrication in red, and initials touched with red. Watermark: Heawood, I, Crozier, no. 1174 (Basel, 1545) (Christie's). Binding: Parchment wallet binding formed from a leaf of a 12th-century noted breviary, probably from Switzerland. Origin: Written in the Lucerne region of Switzerland (Christie's), from autumn 1585 to autumn 1586 (inscription, front cover; caption title, f. 4r). Sold at auction by Christie's (London), 28 November 2011, lot 5. Sold at auction by Bloomsbury Auctions (London), 7 December 2016, lot 77.
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