Script: Humanistic characters in red and black ink. Headings in red. Decoration: Ornamental initials variously in red, blue, and violet. Small spots in yellow. Binding: Sixteenth century limp vellum, parchment back. Paper flyleaves. Ties missing. Leaves trimmed at the top and bottom, cutting off some of the ornamentation. Provenance: Gift of Alfred Clark Chapin. Purchased on behalf of the Chapin Library from L.C. Harper, February 1928. An anonymous and unpublished Italian translation of Hugh of Saint Victor's De claustro animae. The final eight leaves contain three letters of Saint Anthony, Archbishop of Florence. Italian execution. The final of three three letters at the end of the codex is dated 17 April 1451.
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