Ms codex. In Latin. Title from rubric on fol. 1v. Collation: Paper, vertical chainlines with watermarks resembling Gravell dragon 24.1, 26.1, 32.1 ; i-vii12 viii12 (-10, 11, 12) ; vertical catchwords, quire signatures in roman numerals. Foliated in modern pencil in upper, outer margins. Layout: Single column, 19 lines per page, bounding and writing lines scribed in blind. In second section ("Inter abundare") the first entry of each alphabetical sequence marked with a red capital letter in the adjacent margin, with small black guide letters remaining for each, some of which are trimmed away. Script: Written in a humanist script in black ink with red rubrics, two-line initials in alternating red and blue. Decoration: In second section, 19 three-line illuminated initials ("I" of "Inter" in first entry for each letter of the alphabet) on divided grounds of green and blue, with silver dots. On fol. 1v, a single four-line illuminated white vine initial "I" on a green, pink, and gold ground with silver dots, framed in blue. Binding: Bound in modern brown goatskin tooled in blind. Early/contemporary title inscribed on lower edge of text block: "Nominum et verborum differentiae[?]" Parchment manuscript waste sewing guards in inner and outer folds of each quire. Origin: Copied in October, 1445 by a scribe whose name is erased from the colophon (see contents note). Localizable to Northern Italy based on script, decoration, and watermark evidence. Provenance: Title written in a later cursive hand on fol. 1 recto ("Differenae d verb 1445"). Occasional marginal notes and markings. Immediate source of acquisition: Purchased from Les Enluminures, Chicago, in September, 2020. Call number: MS q Med.281. Bibliography: Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts (SDBM) 260559; G. Brugnoli, Studi sulle differentiae verborum (Rome, 1955), 31, 41-43.
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