Opus pacis written by Oswald, de Corda, according to the colophon, "Scriptum manu propria, sicut etiam ipsum librum manu propria scripsi," probably at the Grande Chartreuse where he was prior, completed on Friday 5 March 1428; bound after John Chrysostom's Homiliae XXI. [Brussels: Fratres Vitae Communis], 1479 (RB 86299) ff. 1-44 verso. Paper. Layout: 112 2-310 412. Catchwords in the gutter, ff. 12v, 32v. 28-32 long lines, frame ruled in ink. Watermark(s): Cercle similar to Briquet 2952, Valréas 1404? and Geneva 1424/27; Main similar to Briquet 10635, Alsace 1420. Written in a hybrida script. Decoration: 4-line red initial with simple void design on f. 1; 4-line space reserved, f. 23v; plain red 3- and 2-line initials; 1-line initials within the text filled in red; also in red, the chapter numbers, rubrics and a nota bene hand pointing to the conclusion on f. 42. Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 8/26/2012. Both the printed book and the manuscript belonged to Weidenbach, the house of the Brethren of the Common Life in Cologne. The printed book bears the following notes: f. i, "C 24 16 [second number cancelled] C 24 Liber domus presbiterorum et clericorum in Wydenbach [last 2 words cancelled]"; f. iii, "Omelie beati Iohannis crisostomi sexterni xx [last 2 words cancelled] I 7. Liber domus...
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