Extent: 481 leaves : paper ; 298 x 200 (210-242 x 140-155) mm bound to 137 x 212 mm
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Title supplied by cataloger. Origin: Written in Switzerland ca. 1579 (p. 795). For information about possible published versions of some of the appendices, see the entry on this codex in Zacour-Hirsch. Ms. codex. Binding: Half calf (Zacour-Hirsch). Script: Written in several German cursive hands. Layout: Written in 28-40 long lines, with occasional use of columns. Collation: Paper, ii + 477 + ii. 1²(1 is pastedown) 2⁷(+1; -7) 3⁸ 4⁴ 5⁸ 6⁴ 7⁸ 8⁵(+5) 9⁷(+7) 10²(-2) 11² 12⁸(-1) 13¹² 14⁷(+7) 15² 16⁴(-2) 17-19⁶ 20⁴ 21⁸(-4) 22-24⁶ 25⁸(-1) 26⁴ 27⁸ 28⁴ 29⁸(-1) 30⁶(-1) 31⁶ 32⁸(-1,6) 33-38⁶ 39⁶(-6) 40⁸ 41⁴ 42⁸(-8) 43⁶ 44⁹(-1,7; +9) 45⁴ 46⁸ 47⁴ 48⁸(-7,8) 49⁸ 50⁴ 51² 52⁴ 53² 54⁶ 55⁸(-7,8) 56⁸ 57⁴ 58² 59⁸ 60⁶(-6) 61⁶(-6) 62² 63⁶ 64⁸(-1,2) 65-66⁶ 67⁴ 68² 69⁴ 70² 71⁴... Decoration: Initials of paragraphs with flourishes throughout. Some sections in a more formal calligraphic hand, with initials tending to be more adorned (p. 519-530, 535-577, 579-591, 600-605, 617-618, 620-634, 642-657). Some examples of particularly elaborate initials (p. 556, 557,562, 563, 565-568, 570, 571, 591, 600, 605, 634, 645, 682, 788, and 795). Manicule (p. 590); decorated... Sold by Helbing & Lichtenhahn (Basel), 1959.
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