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Encyclopedic and didactic dialogue on natural philosophy in the form of a series of questions and answers, often classified as a romance. The philosopher Sidrac responds to the questions of Boctus (or Boccus or Bocchus), an Eastern king. Another subject of the dialogue is the therapeutic properties of plants. A table of contents at the beginning of the manuscript (f. 3r-20v) lists the questions.
Support: paper; Extent: 218 leaves : 285 x 215 (173 x 135) mm. bound to 295 x 215 mm; Foliation: Paper, ii (modern paper) + 218 + ii (modern paper); [1-218]; modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto.
Written in 32 long lines.
Written in a cursive script.
7-line puzzle initial in black and red (f. 21r); 2- and 3-line initials in red throughout; rubrics in red; capitals touched with yellow.
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Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch).
Incomplete at the end, 2 or more leaves missing.
Wormholes in text, water-stained.
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.
France
Written in France in 1457 (f. 1r).
15th century blind-stamped calf, repaired and rebacked.
Middle French
Sold by Il Polifilo (Milan), cat. 21 (1952), no. 93.
France
Written in France in 1457 (f. 1r).
Middle French
Sold by Il Polifilo
Encyclopedic and didactic dialogue on natural philosophy in the form of a series of questions and answers, often classified as a romance. The philosopher Sidrac responds to the questions of Boctus (or Boccus or Bocchus), an Eastern king. Another subject of the dialogue is the therapeutic properties of plants. A table of contents at the beginning of the manuscript (f. 3r-20v) lists the questions.
Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch).
Incomplete at the end, 2 or more leaves missing.
Wormholes in text, water-stained.
Written in a cursive script.
7-line puzzle initial in black and red (f. 21r); 2- and 3-line initials in red throughout; rubrics in red; capitals touched with yellow.
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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