Extent: 2 leaves : parchment ; 148 x 109 (97 x 66) mm
Note:
Ms. leaves. Title from Kidd. Layout: Written in 49 lines; ruled in plummet. Script: Written in gothic script. Decoration: 6- and 7-line puzzle initials in red and blue with pen flourishing in same colors; 3-line initials in blue with pen flourishing mainly in red; chapter number and running titles in blue or red. Origin: Written in England, or possibly France, during probably the third quarter of the 13th century. Parent volume perhaps made for a Dominican monk and owned by a later Dominican, as suggested by presence of 'ordinis nostri' in feast of St. Dominic in calendar; parent volume broken up by Bruce P. Ferrini, manuscripts dealer of Akron, OH (1984); present leaves held by unidentified 20th- century American(?) bookseller, who added in pencil stock numbers '8302-135' and '8302-146' and prices...
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