Copy number: D-189(1)

Binding: Contemporary German (Nicolaus von Havelberg, Kyriß workshop no. 47), blind-tooled calf over wooden boards, remains of two clasps; rebacked. On both covers fillets form an intersecting double frame; the inner rectangle is divided by four sets of triple fillets into six square compartments separated by three rectangular ones. Within the outer frame are two different lozenge-shaped stamps: a pierced heart and a leaf ornament. In the central rectangular compartment of the upper cover are two tiny rosette stamps and two different lozenge-shaped stamps: a floral ornament and a griffin; in the two outer rectangular compartments is a stamp with a scroll with the inscription: ‘nicolaus d havelb'g' and a large rosette; in the outer square compartments are the symbols of the evangelists. Lower cover: within the outer frame is the lozenge-shaped heart stamps; in the central rectangular compartment of the innner rectangle are the large rosette and lozenge-shaped griffin stamp; in the outer square compartments are the symbols of the Evangelists. For the stamps see Kyriß pl. 97, nos 1-4 and pl. 98.

Size: 310 × 220 × 85 mm.

Size of leaf: 296 × 211 mm.

Early marginal notes.

On [a1v] a seven-line initial is supplied in interlocked red and blue with pen-flourishing in green; other initials are supplied in red or blue; paragraph marks are supplied in red; red capital strokes and underlining.

Provenance: Conrad Kirchain (fifteenth/sixteenth century); on [a1v] an inscription: ‘Sum Conradi Kirchain notarij' in an early hand. Albert Ehrman (1890-1969); armorial book-plate; accession no. ‘R 1409'; purchased from E. Nourry, through Maggs Brothers Ltd in 1955 for £70. Presented in 1978 by John Ehrman.

SHELFMARK: Broxb. 19.3.