Title from printed catalog. Support: Parchment. Script: Gothic; Cursive. Layout: 1-108 112(+1; through f. 83) 12-158 164. Ruled space, 480 x 280 mm; 17 long lines, ruled vertically in dry point and horizontally in lead (?), with decorative red rules separating the lines of text; on ff. 1-83, where liturgical use calls for a smaller script, an extra line has been ruled for the top of the minims; on ff. 84-119, 2 narrow red fillets full across in upper and lower... Span folios: ff. 1-119v. Other Decoration: With first scribe, ff. 1-83: opening initial, f. 1v, 4-line parted red and blue, its outlines carefully pricked, on a purple penwork ground with a C-shaped border of red strapwork and purple pen flourishes in an acanthus leaf and flower designs. With second scribe, ff. 84-119: opening initial, f. 84, 3-line parted red and blue on a simple red penwork ground. Evidence of many fore edge tabs, sewn on, in both parts. The lower outer corners severely damaged on ff. 43-72 and 82-91 with some contemporary repairs and rewriting on patches. Assigned Date: s. XVIex. Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 12/13/2009. Written in Spain in 1592 for a Franciscan convent as shown by the presence of an office for Francis in the original hand; later additions on f. 119r-v attest to continued Franciscan ownership. The added office for Torquatus on f. 83r-v suggests that at least by then the book may have been in Guadix. Date and source of acquisition by Henry E. Huntington unknown.
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