(Q50219)

Decoration: 1 pilcrow in blue on the recto, with running titles providing Part and Distinction numbers in alternating red and blue characters embellished by penwork in the contrastin color, and the rubric opening chapter 8 on the verso in red

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Decoration: 3-line initial "C" in pink with white highlights and infilled with green, red, and blue, all set on burnished gold grounds; long foliage decoration extending from the initial into the exterior margin in green, blue, pink, red, and burnished gold, with additional vinework elements in black ink and terminating in flowers and gold bezants sprouting from the larger leaves

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Ruled in faint plummet

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Catchword "tunc" in decorative frame at bottom center of verso

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Remains of original foliation in red Roman numerals at top right corner of recto ("CXII")

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Provenance: Original codex possibly made for use in the court of King Martin I of Aragon

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Provenance: Capucin convent in Barcelona until 1930

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Provenance: Private collection of Arthur M. Ellis (1875-1932) who purchased the original codex in Spain in 1930

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Provenance: Pacific Book Auctions, June 2003, lot 155

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Provenance: For further information, see Peter Kidd's "Medieval Manuscripts Provenance" blog: https://mssprovenance.blogspot.com/2014/05/a-dispersed-copy-of-john-of-waless.html

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Christopher de Hamel attributes the illumination to the same workshop/artist responsible for illuminations in the Valerius Maximus manuscript (MS L/26) in the Barcelona archives

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Incipit: oculis . efrena lingo . petulanti animo

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Explicit: pedem athe / nis prescius ; esset ea res ei capitalis . et

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Pt. V, Dist, 1, Ch. 7-8

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date added

26 August 2024

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date last updated

26 August 2024

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