Rudimentum novitiorum, Erroneously ascribed to Giovanni da Colonna and to Burchardus de Monte Sion

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Erroneously ascribed to Giovanni da Colonna and to Burchardus de Monte Sion, whose Descriptio Terrae Sanctae is included (leaves [175a-201a). At the end (leaves [421a-447a]) is added the martyrology of Usuard.

Hain and Schramm: [474] leaves; BM 15th cent.: [473] leaves (wanting 1 leaf with geneal. tables at beginning and 2 blank leaves at end). First quire in LC copy has 11 leaves, last quire 6; remainder corresponds to BM 15th cent.

Rosenwald 55

Goff R-345

Hain 4996

BM 15th cent., II, p. 550 (IC.9810)

Schramm, X, p. 3, 8, and illus.

LC copy: leaves [30-421] numbered in ms. as 18-409, with errors and corrections; printed index refers to this ms. foliation; additional separate foliation in roman numerals for each "etas," with the number of the "etas" at head of each leaf. Ms. signatures in arabic numerals (with errors). Rubricated in red and blue, with a few initials in various colors. Marginalia. Early blind stamped white pigskin binding, with bosses and clasps; label on upper cover with title: Rudimentu[m] novicio[rum].

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