De miseria conditionis humanae, 1450 - 1499

Water damage throughout; first leaf nearly detached; paper repairs to fols. 1r-2v.

Paper support (watermarks in gutter similar to Briquet Monts 11726) ff. 39 + i (separate from final quire).

Plain vellum binding.

39+i; 215 x 160 mm bound to 220 x 165 mm

Single column written in thirty-four lines; single vertical bounding lines full length; first quire bounded in lead, remaining three in ink with occasional horizontal bounding lines at upper margin; written area: 138 x 91 mm.

Gothic--cursiva script, written by a single scribe.

Each of the three parts begins with a simply decorated initial: a 9-line initial in red, f. 14r; 7-line initials in red, f. 1r, in blue, f. 28v. Plain 4-line red and blue initials alternate throughout at the beginning of each chapter. All initials on badly faded red penwork grounds, some with penwork extensions. Paragraph markers in alternating blue and red; majiscules touched with red. Headings in bright red. Interlinear and marginal corrections in black ink on first four leaves. Guide letters for rubricator beside each initial. Repairs on ff. 1 and 2 in margin, no loss of text.

Modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto; Collation: 1-3 (10), 4 (9, +3).