Ms. codex. Collation: 18, 28-2, 3-68, 74 (singletons); lacking 1 folio after f. 8 (September in the calendar) and f.14 (probably blank), that is, the outer bifolium of the second quire. Some signatures preserved, e.g. id-ivd [i.e. 1d - 4d]. Catchwords preserved. Layout: Written in 1 column of 14-16 lines. Script: Written in a Gothic bookhand. Decoration: . rRd rubrics (in calendar only). 3-ne blue or red initials throughout, initials in-text highlighted with red. Nineteen 6-line historiated initials, gilt with outline border alternating scarlet with white highlighting or blue with white highlighting, historiated as follows: f.15: Aries as a ram; f.16: Taurus as a bull; f.17v: Gemini as wrestling twins; f.18v: Cancer as a lobster... Binding: Original envelope binding of brown calf over pasteboards, blind-tooled and stamped, the upper cover with a central panel of the crucifixion, the lower cover with an Agnus Dei medallion above a second rubbed and illegible medallion, early repairs to flap, rebacked. Origin: Written in Northern Germany, probably Cologne, in the year 1449: the calendar includes saints whose worship was centered in Cologne, such as the Three Kings (7.23), St. Hupert (11/3) and St. Cunnibert (11/12), and the dominical table begins in the year 1449. Burndy Library Collection at the Huntington Library. Formerly listed as Codex 1 prior to acquisition.
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