Ms. codex. In Italian. Title derived by cataloger from caption on fol. 1. Bibliographic record created by BPL staff based primarily on description by Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis. Secundo folio: E non portate... Collation: Parchment, fol. ii (outer is modern parchment endsheet, inner contemporary parchment waste) + 16 + ii (inner is contemporary parchment, outer modern parchment endsheet) ; 1-28 ; modern pencil arabic foliation, upper outer corner each recto. Layout: 1 column, 14 lines. Bounding and writing lines in blind. Script: Written in a humanistic bookhand in brown ink. Binding: 19th-century. 1/2 fine diaper grain brown cloth over pasteboard, Strozzi arms (three crescents) blind-stamped on front, mandorla on back, title gilt-stamped on spine: "Il/ Savio/ Roman." and "M. S./ Membr./ Del./ S. XV". Origin: Written in Italy in the sixteenth century, probably based on an older model known as Dottrina dello Schiavo di Bari. Provenance: Early annotations and arithmetic computations on inner flyleaves (perhaps the original binding) and various dealer's notes on pastedowns. Owned by Ferdinando Strozzi (1774-1836), his crest on the front cover and ex libris stamp with motto "Expecto" on folio 1. Immediate source of acquisition: Unknown. Call number: MS q Med.252.
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