Extent: 349 leaves : paper and parchment ; 420 x 275 (320 x 190) mm bound to 425 x 285 mm
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Title and attribution from preface (f. 2r). Incipit: Quoniam inter cetera dampna que suis posteris intulit prothoplaustorum transgressio non minimum fuit oblivio... (f. 2r). Explicit: In cuius amplitudine, non in graduum sublimitate, queritur regnum dei extra de tempo. or. ad aures (f. 350v). Binding: Repaired tooled calf over wooden boards (Zacour-Hirsch). Ms. codex. Foliation: Paper and parchment, i + 349 + i; [1-266, 268-350]; modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto. Layout: Written in 2 columns of about 66 lines. Script: Written in a Gothic cursive script. Decoration: Large initial Q (f. 2r), decorated in blue, green, and red inks with burnished gold; leaf and vine motifs curl around the page, with a shield at the bottom center, also colored in red, blue, and green with dots of gold and silver; 2-line initials of each glossary entry alternate between blue and red; rubricated throughout. Watermarks: Hand-like figure (f. 3-312); horn hanging from string (f. 312-350); Briquet, Deux Clefs 3864 (Gex, 1415) (f. 1). Origin: Written in Germany in the 15th century (Zacour-Hirsch). Part of deed of Johannes Zomernaet to the Carthusian monastery, Marie Castri (Marienburg(?), which according to Cottineau II, 1751 was an Augustinian monastery), 1493 (Zacour-Hirsch).
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