182 leaves : 300 x 208 (245 x 142) mm. bound to 312 x 220 mmPaper, ii (17th-century paper) + 182 + ii (17th-century paper); [vi, 1-2], 3-174, [ii]. 3-78 are numbered in the upper right recto in contemporary ink; 79-174 continue in pencil.Frame-ruled in ink; 23-26 lines per page.
17th-century calf (Zacour-Hirsch) with gold tooling on covers and spine. Upper and lower covers and first few leaves are detached.
Written in France in one hand, not before 1589 for first section and not before 1594 for second section.
ca. 1594FranceFormerly owned by J. Sotheby (inscription, J. Sotheby, 1685, f. 1r).Appears in Rodd catalog (1836), p. 100, item 2.Appears in Quaritch catalog 99 (1889), no. 368.Appears in Sotheby's catalog Sotheby Heirlooms, Part VII (1955), item 337.Sold by E.P. Goldschmidt & Co. (London), 1956.Book TypeAccountsAntiphonaryArmorialBibleBiographyBook of HoursBreviaryChronicleCollection of SermonsCommentaryDictionaryDocumentDogaleFriendship bookGenealogyGlossaryGospel LectionaryGospelsGradualHaggadahHomilaryHorologionHymnalKoranLectionaryMass bookMiscellanyMissalPontificalPortolan chartPrayer bookPrivate devotional textProcessionalProtective scrollPsalterPsalter-HoursQur`anRecipe bookSaint's LifeScribal manualSong bookTorahTreatiseCentury6th century7th century8th century9th century10th century11th century12th century13th century14th century15th century16th century17th century18th century19th century20th centuryCultureAbbasidArabicArmenianAshkenaziAustrianByzantineCarolingianChineseChristianCopticDutchEgyptianEnglishEthiopianFatimidFlemishFrenchGermanIndianIslamicItalianJewishMamlukMughalOttomanOttonianPersianPortugueseQajarRajputRussianSafavidSephardiSpanishTimuridTurkishYemeniteDescriptive termAccordion bookAlbumAnnotatedBindingCalligraphyCaroline minusculeChartCharterColophonDamageDiagramsDrawingEarly Abbasid scriptFragmentGlossGothicGothic book handGrisailleGrotesquesHeadpieceHeraldryHistoriated initialHumanisticIlluminationIllustrationInhabited initialKuficManiculesMedallionMicrographyMiniatureMissing leavesMusical notationNew Abbasid styleNotable bindingOriginal bindingOrnamentPaintingPalimpsestPaperPenwork initialPuzzle initialRaginiRomanesqueScrapbookScrollScroll-work initialSealsTablesTexturaTreasure bindingWatermarkWhite-vine letteringWoodcutsGeographyAfghanistanArmeniaAustriaBelgiumCentral Arab lands (Near East)Central AsiaChinaEgyptEnglandEthiopiaFlandersFranceGermanyGreeceIndiaIranIraqIsraelItalyMaghrebMoroccoNetherlandsPakistanPortugalRomaniaRussiaSpainSub-Saharan (West) AfricaTurkeyWalesYemenOtherAlchemyAllegoryAstrologyAstronomyBiblicalBinding wasteCartographyChurch FathersCosmologyDevotionFinancial recordsFortune-tellingFriendshipGamesGeographyGeomancyGrammarHistoryKabbalahLegalLiterature -- PoetryLiterature -- ProseLiturgyLogicMagicMaritimeMathematicsMineralogyPhilosophyPiyutimResponsaScienceScience -- MedicineScriptureSufismTheologyManuscripts, French--16th centuryManuscripts, RenaissanceCodicesHistories16th centuryFranceFrenchHistoryPaper