Ms. codex. Title supplied by cataloger. Foliation: Parchment, ii (modern) + 18 + ii (modern); 1-24 310; 11-12, 19-20, 22, 24, 27, 29, 42-50, early foliation in ink, upper right recto; [1-18], modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto. References in this record are to modern foliation. One example of a catchword (f. 4v), not followed by the corresponding gathering. Layout: Written in 2 columns of 37 lines; ruling in faint ink or lead visible on some leaves, with vertical bounding lines. Script: Written in Gothic script. Decoration: 3-line initials alternating between red with pink penwork and blue with red penwork (2 initials cut out, f. 7r, 8v) ; red paragraph marks. Binding: Modern white parchment over pasteboards. Origin: Written in Italy, probably Tuscany, after 1323. Sold at auction at Swann Galleries, 22 Mar. 1990, lot 126. Appears in Sam Fogg's cat. 15 (1992), no. 10, and cat. 16 (1995), no. 65. Appears in Bruce Ferrini's Bulletin 4 (1998), no. 51. Offered for sale at auction at Sotheby's, 5 Dec. 2000, lot 53; 6 Dec. 2001, lot 51. Appears in Maggs' cat. 1320 (2002), no. 2. Formerly owned by R. O. Lenkiewicz, London. Sold at auction at Sotheby's, 2 Dec. 2003, lot 70, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg. Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2012. Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2021.
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