Modern pencil foliation in upper right corners; fol. 117 originally a pastedown; missing text leaves before fols. 1, 47, 95, and 117 Collation
Formula: ii, 1(8,-1), 2-5(8), 6(8,-8), 7-12(8), 13(8,-1), 14-15(6), 16(6,-2,5), ii Catchwords: None Signatures: Small letters in bottom margins on versos Comments: Quires begin on fols. 1(1), 8(2), 16(3), 24(4), 32(5), 40(6), 47(7), 55(8), 63(9), 71(10), 79(11), 87(12), 95(13), 102(14), 108(15), 114(16); fifth leaf of the final quire (now missing) formerly a singleton; text complete from fols. 114-115
Dimensions
10.8 cm wide by 17.1 cm high
Written surface
6.4 cm wide by 10.1 cm high
Layout
Columns: 1 Ruled lines: 14 Ruling in lead; prickings visible on fore-edge
Contents
fols. 1r - 116v: Title: Liber de rectoribus Christianis Text note: Incomplete; missing first folio Hand note: Written in a late Caroline minuscule script Decoration note: Inhabited and decorated initials throughout in various states of finish, from fully colored at the beginning, to underdrawing, to only blank space by the end; some crude, later pen decoration around the initials in an attempt to finish them; large initials ranging in size (3-8 lines high); first line of each chapter in red rustic capitals; occasional small initials in red (1-2 lines high); crudely etched faces and eagle in margins by a later owner; text in black ink fols. 1r - 2r: Title: Prologue Incipit: ... indiget artis opis sic et res publica felix Text note: Begins imperfectly Decoration note: Red initials beginning each sentence
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