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
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Slight worming
Second front flyleaf is foliated as 1
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.
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