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31. Dies communes in Banco. fo. 327. Deest finis. All the initial letters are ornamented with figures, and many of the pages with grotesques. That on p. 1 is of a very ludicrous nature.
folio. A Volume elegantly written on vellum and illuminated; being part of a French Bible translated by Raoul de Presle, or Praelles, at the command of Charles the Fifth, King of France.
1. The Prologue of the translator. As this has never been printed, is not extremely long, and may be of considerable utility in collation with other copies, it is here given. "A vous tres excellent et tres puissant Prince Charles le Quint, Roy de France. Je Raoul de Praelles vostre petit servit...