Extent: 48 leaves : parchment and paper ; 215 x 145 (151 x 100) mm bound to 215 x 150 mm
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Ms. codex. Title supplied by cataloger; title added by a later hand, Logica in octo tractatus tributa, in ink, inside upper cover. Collation: Parchment and paper, 48; 110 2-312 414; [1-48], modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto. Horizontal catchwords on last verso of gatherings 1-2, lower center (f. 10v, 22v). Outermost and center bifolia of each gathering are parchment, the rest paper. Link to collation model at end of record. Layout: Written in 2 columns of 39-43 lines; frame-ruled in lead. Script: Written in Italian Gothic cursive script by 2 hands (f. 1-22, 23-48); gatherings 3 and 4 (f. 23-48) in the hand of Johannes de Beylario (f. 48v). Decoration: 11-line opening initial in mauve, blue, and pale green on a gold ground (f. 1r); 3 4-line initials in mauve or pale green on a purple ground (f. 1r, 4v, 12v, 20v); 4-line initials in red throughout, some with penwork in black ink; paragraph marks in red and capitals touched with red throughout; simple decorative frames in ink around catchwords (f. 10v, 22v). Watermark: Similar to Briquet Monts 11863 (Italy, 1402-1403). Binding: Limp parchment with a few inscriptions, including a slightly garbled version of the rhymed motto that appears with a figurative representation of the Republic of Venice carved for the Ducal Palace in the Piazza San Marco in the mid-14th century (Forti[s] iusta trono furia[s] mare sub pede pono) on the upper cover. Origin: Probably written in Padua, at the university; completed in 1420 (f. 48v). Sold by H. P. Kraus, cat. 91 (1993), no. 41, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg. Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2012. Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2021.
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