A text entitled 'Liber de infantia Christi', incipit: 'Dumque staret humilis ac ultimus voce clara...'; ends imperfectly. Decoration: Spaces left for miniatures (ff. 95r, 95v, 96r, 97r, 100r, 103r, 106v, 107r, 111r, 113r, 116v, 118v, 120v, 121r) and for illuminated initials.
The manuscript includes: 1. Alanus ab Insula (Alain de Lille), De planctu naturae (ff. 1r-41r); 2. Bernardus Silvestris, De universitate mundi (ff. 42r-73v); 3. P. Ovidius Naso, Epistulae ex Ponto (ff. 74r-109v); 4. Walter Burley, Liber de vita et moribus philosophorum (ff. 110r-147v); 5. L...
Alanus ab Insula (Alain de Lille), De planctu naturae
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Alanus ab Insula (Alain de Lille), De planctu naturae. Decoration: Large puzzle initials in red and black ink with penwork decoration, and smaller initials in red, some with penwork decoration; quide letters next to initials. Paraphs in red and first letters of verses highlighted in red.
Bernardus Silvestris, De universitate mundi, book 2, Megacosmos, in prose and verse. Decoration: Large puzzle initial in black and red ink, at the beginning of the text (f. 42r). Smaller initials in red, some with guide letters; paraphs in red; and first letters of verses highlighted in red.
