Copy number: T-155(1)

Wanting the blank leaf a1 and the unsigned leaf (inserted in some copies after c1) containing text omitted between c1r and c1v.

The sequence of the early manuscript signatures is the following: ‘ . . . s–z [et] aa–ee ee ff–ii⁸ kk¹⁰ ll–zz [et et]⁸ ξ¹⁰’.

Binding: Nineteenth-century blind-tooled calf.

Size: 305 × 215 × 82 mm.

Size of leaf: 289 × 209 mm.

On a2r a six-line initial ‘A' is supplied in interlocked red and blue with reserved white decoration. Other initials and paragraph marks are supplied in red or blue; chapter heading underlining and capital strokes in red.

Provenance: On a2r an unidentified coat of arms (fifteenth century): gules, gothic ‘i' over a patriarchal cross with two lateral supports at the base, azure; the whole within a bordure of the same; Mrs Clark (British Museum) suggested to Sheppard a religious house named Jerusalem, of which there were 10 in the Low Countries. Purchased for £0. 9. 0; see Books Purchased (1835), 2.

SHELFMARK: Auct. 1Q 2.28.