Ownership: Owned (1594) by "Christophorus Baro a Wockenstain." Given in 1905 by Rev. Joseph H. McMahon.
Content: 1 scribe.
Content: 18-22 long lines, ruled in some places in red pencil
Content: 2?: A, ff. 1-115; B, ff. 115v-116
Content: 36 lines in 2 columns
Content: A thick black substance obscures some of the text in the right column.
Content: De Ricci and Guest date this manuscript to c. 1500; note in the manuscript case states that it predates 1500.
Content: De Ricci, 1332. Chart by Dr. G.B. Guest. Note in manuscript case.
Content: Dimensions above are for front cover only; the vellum is too brittle to unfold it and measure entire piece. Sources do not give place of origin for this.
Content: Paper
Content: Parchment
Content: Rubrics
Content: Rubrics, 2-line initial in red, 5-line initials in red and blue.

Languages

German

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12455533
Archives ID: 2557
Digital Scriptorium 1.0 ID: NYPL MA 106
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 57419640-c5cc-012f-b860-58d385a7bc34

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Still Image

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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Bookplate of Christophorus Baro, 1594" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1400 - 1510. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/57419640-c5cc-012f-b860-58d385a7bc34

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