Extent: 68 leaves : paper, color illustrations ; 219 x 157 (158 x 95) mm bound to 224 x 160 mm +
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Ms. codex. Title supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch). Contains 17th-century note (f. 23r): Ex[aminatus]; x februarii 1634 pro Pasqualis q[uondam] Thome cons. Annibalim Christophori. Hyacintus Calamarius Sub. Collation: Paper, iii (modern paper) + 67 + iii (modern paper); 116(-1) 216(-1) 316(-1) 414 512(-4, 10, 11, 12); 10-24, 26-70, [viii]; contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto; [1-67]; modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto. According to the contemporary foliation, folios 1-9, 25, and 71 are missing; unnumbered stub with no loss of text between f. 38-39. Catchwords, lower right... Script: Written in a humanistic cursive script. Decoration: Faint sketch of an infant in red, with caption HOC EST SA (f. 66r). Binding: Modern vellum with marbled endpapers. Paper is fragile; edges are tearing and fraying. Paper is badly stained and shows evidence of worm damage. Binding should be treated with care. Origin: Written in Italy in the late 16th century (Zacour-Hirsch). Castello del Vivaro mentioned on f. 4r; this might be the same as Castello in the vicinity of Florence. Fragment of unidentified Italian document, 18th or 19th century, pasted on verso of front endleaf. A small fragment of another later Italian document is laid in the manuscript. Acquired, 1955.
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