Ms. codex. Origin: Signed in the Palazzo Ducale (Doge's Palace), Venice, dated 6 March 1574 (f. 31v). Title supplied by cataloger. Collation: Parchment, i (modern paper) + 210 + i (modern paper); 1-21¹⁰; [1-210], modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto. Vertical catchwords on the lower right verso of the last leaf of each gathering. Layout: Written in 21 long lines; ruled in faint ink with vertical bounding lines. Script: Written in a humanistic cursive script. Binding: 16th-century Venetian morocco over pasteboards, gilt-lacquered sunk-compartment ornamentation, with the winged lion of San Marco on the upper cover and an armorial stamp on the lower cover; remnants of ties; pastedowns, endpapers, and headbands renewed. Decoration: Opening lines in gold display capitals (f. 1v). Sold at auction at Christie's, 2 June 1999, lot 43, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg. Gift of Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.
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