On fol. 1r vellum has been reused or once faced a page of text that has left a transfer impression; writing too faint to read Binding: Nineteenth-century, black morocco, blind tooled, gilt edges, ORAISONS stamped in gold on spine Layout: One column of fourteen lines, ruled in red ink; written area: 49 x 39 mm Script: Bâtarde Script: Two scribes; scribe one responsible for all but fols. 1r-1v, 22r-23v, and 93r-97v Decoration: Five foliate borders (fols. 11v, 24v, 37r, 42r, 45v), illuminated one-to-four-line initials and line endings throughout; decoration program appears to be incomplete: some large spaces probably left for miniatures; numerous spaces left for illuminated initials Related resource: De Ricci, Seymour, with the assistance of W. J. Wilson, Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada, vol. 2 (New York,: H. W. Wilson, 1935-40), p. 2040, no. 91. Related resource: Free Library of Philadelphia, A Descriptive Catalogue of the John Frederick Lewis Collection of European Manuscripts in the Free Library of Philadelphia, compiled by Edwin Wolf, 2nd, with an introduction by Dr. A.S.W. Rosenbach (Philadelphia: The Library, 1937), p. 142, no. 127. Provenance: Alphonse Labitte (modern bookplate on inside front cover); W.C. Crane sale by Anderson (New York, 9 Dec. 1912, no. 392); John Frederick Lewis, Philadelphia; given by his widow, Anne Baker Lewis, to the Free Library of Philadelphia in 1936
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