Ms. codex. In Latin. Bibliographic record created by BPL staff based primarily on description by Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis. Date from dealer's description (Les Enluminures). Title devised by cataloger. Secundo folio: ...festo. Ne forte tu... Collation: Paper with watermarks: a bunch of grapes, three mounts in a shield, and an armorial similar to Briquet 1131 (Italy, mid 16th century), fol. 180 ; 12 2-94 102 11-164 17-182 19-244 25-262 27-324 332 34-374 382 39-424 432 44-464 47-482 494 506 (too tightly bound to collate without damage; this collation taken from dealer's description) ; 19th century black ink arabic foliation, skips... Layout: 1 column, 7 staves. Bounding lines in red ink, doubled, with additional lines for upper, lower and outer margin. Rhythmic mensural musical notation on 5-line black staff. Script: Written in a humanistic bookhand in black ink with red rubrics. Decoration: Eight title pages with gilt section titles in decorative medallion frames; thirty-six 2- to 3-staff high penwork initials, throughout. Full-page penwork frontispiece of two angels kneeling at the foot of the empty cross, within an elaborate architectural frame. Binding: 18th-century dark brown leather over original thick pasteboard, edges gauffered with remains of gilding ; headcaps cut away or perhaps never present. Covering on upper board torn, as are several layers of pastedowns inside front cover, revealing earlier (broken) sewing supports together with newer ones. Manuscript waste in spine. Title leaf, first two and last two leaves of text... Origin: Written in Italy in the third quarter of the 16th century. Provenance: Initial A inside front board, with pencilled name Wheatley and dealer's marks and price. In a private U.S. collection in the late 20th century. Immediate source of acquisition: Purchased by BPL in from Les Enluminures 2007. Call number: MS f Med.247. Fomer call number: MS 3986.
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