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Ms. codex.
Title from caption title (f. 1r).
Collation: Parchment, 59; 1-7⁸ 8³; horizontal catchwords on the last verso of gatherings 1, 2, and 7 (f. 8v, 16v, 56v); modern
foliation in pencil, [1-59], lower right recto.
Layout: Written in 23-27 (f. 1r-51r), with the first line above the top line, or 21-24 (f. 51v-59r) long lines; frame-ruled
in lead; double bounding lines except at the bottom of the text block, where the bounding line is single (f. 1r-51r).
Script: Written in two Gothic bookhands (f. 1r-51r, 51v-59r).
Decoration: Biblical texts in margins surrounded by double red circles or triangles filled with yellow and decorated with
red dots; 6-line initial in red and yellow and caption title in red (f. 1r); 2-line and 1-line initials in red (f. 1r -v);
initials touched in red; additional vertical bounding lines in red ink (f. 1r-48v); angle-brackets in black and yellow (f.
51v-57r).
Binding: Leather, probably 15th-century (Les Enluminures).
Origin: Written in northern Italy, before 1230 (Les Enluminures).
The text of this manuscript belongs to a group of manuscripts known as the William family, named after William of Volpiano,
founder of the monastery of Fruttuaria, about 20 miles from Savigliano (Burton Van Edwards).
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