Ms. codex. In Italian. Title devised by cataloger. Date range based on watermark evidence (see collation note) and on the series of arithmetical exercises on fol. 64v-66v, which incorporate example dates between 1494 and 1502. Layout: Introductory sections written in approximately 22 long lines per page; arithmetical exercises in various layouts. Script: Written in a formal mercantestca script. Manuscript in Italian. Ink on paper, limp vellum binding. Collation: Paper with two watermarks: an anvil with hammer surrounded by a circle, similar to Briquet 5963 (dated to 1514-1535) and a pair of crossed arrows with a six-pointed star, similar to Briquet nos. 6298-6300 (dated between 1543 and 1556), fol. iv (later paper) + 95 + iv (later paper) ; 16 28 310 412 514 610 712 86 912 106−1 ; leaves unsigned, foliated in modern pencil in upper-outer... Binding: Bound in (later?) limp vellum. Origin: Written in Italy -- possibly Florence -- between approximately 1500 and 1550. Provenance: On fol. 95v, a number of autographs, pen trials, and drawings, including the name "Tomasso Giovanni Alamanni." One the same page, an escutcheon with the name "Buo[n]romei." Immediate source of acquisition: Purchased from Maggs Brothers in June, 1968. Bibliography: Nancy Netzer, ed., Secular/Sacred: 11th-16th Century Works from the Boston Public Library and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Boston College, 2006), pp.77-78. Call number: MS q It.14.
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