(Q50507)
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ca. 1515-1535
16. century
1515Gregorian
1535Gregorian
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Extent: fols. 2; paper; 286 x 194 (245 x 137)
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Layout: 2 columns, 30-35 lines
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Decoration: No decoration, though blank spaces have been left for initials opening each section
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Ruled vertically in plummet, with no horizontal ruling
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Irregular number of lines per column
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Contemporary foliation at top center recto of each fol. ("lxvii" and "lxviii")
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Watermark on fol. 295.2 closely resembles Briquet 15418, with many cited uses in various parts of Germany between 1515-1534. The mark consists of a bull's head surmounted by a tall cross around which coils a snake
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Bifolium of continuous text copied from Hartmann Schedel's "Liber chronicarum" (a.k.a. the Nuremberg Chronicle), printed in Nuremberg by Anton Koberger in 1493.
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The text included here comes from fols. 62r-4v of the 1493 printed edition, covering descriptions of Bologna, Babylon, Byzantium, Jerusalem, the beginning of the Fifth Age of the World, the Kings of Babylon, and the lineage of prelates leading up to Jesus
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Incipit: [discipli]narum gymnasium a temporibus / Theodosij
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Explicit: et dies tabernaculorum / celebrarunt Paulo autem post defunctus est
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26 August 2024
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26 August 2024
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