Origin: Written and illuminated in Rouen, circa 1475. Collation: Parchment, fol. i (parchment) + 120 + i (parchment); 1¹² 2⁹ (+ 1, f. 13, before 1) 3³ 4-8⁸ 9² 10-14⁸ 15⁶. Title supplied by cataloger. Binding: 16th century, early; brown calf over wooden boards, blind-stamped with a panel of St. Barbara on the upper cover between the inscription Sancta Barbara/ora pro nobis and a panel of John the Baptist on the lower cover between the inscription Ung dieu sancte Johannes ung roy une foy/ora pro nobis une loy; attachments for two clasps; joints restored (Fogg). Decoration: 15 arched miniatures above three lines of text with three-line initials, with full borders (evangelists, f. 14r; Annunciation, with roundels of Adam and Eve with the serpent, the meeting of Mary's parents at the Golden Gate, and the marriage of Mary and Joseph, f. 25r; Visitation, f. 34r; Nativity, with roundels of shepherds with musical instruments and the Tiburtine Sibyl showing... Script: Written in a Gothic bookhand (textualis quadrata). Layout: Written in 16 long lines; frame-ruled in red ink; prickings in outer margin of some leaves. Ms. codex. Formerly owned by Dionysiĭ Vasilevich (modern inscription, f. i). Formerly owned by Madame Lespect (Rouen, 17th century, inscription by Nicolas Lepage, f. 13). Formerly owned by Jacques-Annibal Claret de La Tourette (Lyons, 1692-1776, engraved armorial bookplate dated 1719 inside upper cover) Formerly owned by Daniel-Marie, duc de Montfort (inscription, f. i) Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London), 2007.
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