Extent: 50 leaves : parchment ; 224 x 160 (155 x 105) mm bound to 23 cm, in box 25 cm
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Ms. codex. In Spanish. Title devised by cataloger. Bibliographic record created by BPL staff based primarily on description by Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis. Secundo folio: ...mo concessa... Collation: Parchment, fol. 50 ; 1-58, 610 ; original signatures extant in quires 5 and 6, signed e and fol. Catchwords lower right corner of the final verso of most quires, in banderole border or decoratiove penwork border. modern arabic pencil foliation, upper outer corner each page. Layout: 1 column, 24 lines lines. Bounding lines in blind, full-length. Script: Written in a rounded gothic bookhand in brown ink with red rubrics. Decoration: 9-line initials on fol. 1v and 10v in red with brown infill and filigree; 2-line initials in black penwork throughout. Binding: original vellum with wrap-around flap from back to front, later braided tie; vellum reused from earlier ms (faded and illegible); housed in green clamshell case, BPL shelfmark on spine label. Origin: Written in 1528 at the convent of Santa Maria de Valle in Astorga, Spain. Immediate source of acquisition: Purchased from "Illuminations, Chicago" ca. 1990. Call number: MS q Med.233.
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