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This manuscript is an early 15th-century German translation of Villanova's "Liber de vinis," a medical treatise on the uses of wine.
Support: Paper; Extent: ii+24+i; 187 x 135 mm ; Foliation: Modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto; Collation: 1-6 (4)
No evidence of ruling, written in long lines, twenty-six to twenty-nine lines; written area: 145 x 90 mm
Gothic--cursiva
Red three-line initial (fol. 2r); red two-line initial (fol. 3r);red paragraphs throughout; red strokes through majuscules throughout; hyper-extended descenders in the final lines, some annotations by later readers
For a full list of Decorations in this manuscript please see the Content and Decorations section by clicking on the [i] button in the top left corner of the image viewer above.
Slight worming
Second front flyleaf is foliated as 1
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
Germany
Circa early 15th century
Half-mottled calf over boards
Middle High German (ca. 1050-1500)
Bernard Quaritch; (directly to?) John Frederick Lewis, Philadelphia; given by his widow, Anne Baker Lewis, to the Free Library of Philadelphia in 1936
Germany
Circa early 15th century
Middle High German (ca. 1050-1500)
Bernard Quaritch;
This manuscript is an early 15th-century German translation of Villanova's "Liber de vinis," a medical treatise on the uses of wine.
Slight worming
Second front flyleaf is foliated as 1
Gothic--cursiva
Red three-line initial (fol. 2r); red two-line initial (fol. 3r);red paragraphs throughout; red strokes through majuscules throughout; hyper-extended descenders in the final lines, some annotations by later readers
For a full list of Decorations in this manuscript please see the Content and Decorations section by clicking on the [i] button in the top left corner of the image viewer above.
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
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