70 leaves : 256 x 197 (193 x 136) mm. bound to 270 x 204 mmParchment, ii (modern paper) + 70 + ii (modern paper); [1-70]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.Written in 2 columns of 43 lines, ruled in lead; prickings visible on f. 1.Written in a Gothic book script by a single hand.Historiated initial depicting a knight with shield, in green, pink, purple, red, yellow and gold, with a botanical border, probably 15th-century and German, painted over earlier illumination (f. 2r). Rubricated, with capitals in red and blue, decorated 2-line and 4-line initials in red and blue with contrasting penwork ornamentation and decorated borders at the left edge of most columns throughout the text.Historiated initial, Initial I, Knight with shield, f. 2rIlluminated border, f. 2rPenwork initial, Initial I, f. 25rPenwork initial, Initial H, f. 29vPenwork initial, Initial P, f. 52rPenwork initial, Initial C, f. 58vPenwork initial, Initial R, f. 68v
19th-century stamped calf, front hinge split.
Written in northern Italy in the late 14th century (Zacour-Hirsch).
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