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Hier beghinnen de titelen d[at] sijn de namen der boeken daer men af spreke[n] sal en[de] oec die capittelen der eerwaerdighen mans bartolome[us] engelsman en[de] een gheoerdent broeder van sinte franciscus oerde Ende hee[f]t xix. boeke[n] die sprekende sijn vande eygenscappen der dingen

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Description: Chancery folio, with paper measuring 26.9 x 19.5 cm. Text printed in double columns; 40 lines per col.; col. width: 6.6 cm.; area of text: 20 x 14.1 cm. With initial spaces, guide-letters, and signatures; without foliation and catchwords. Includes 11 full-page woodcut illustrations: Almighty God seated in glory (a1v); the creation of angels and fall of demons (a8v); the creation of Eve and anatomical man (c4v); the ages of man, a physician and surgeon attending patients (m7v); the earth and the spheres ([long s]7v); occupations of the months (u2v); birds (y7v); fishes ([z with a crossbar]7v); a landscape showing a river and towns, etc. (A1v); trees and plants (F1v); and animals and reptiles (Q2v). Signatures: 2a⁶ 2b⁴ a-r⁸ [rounded r]⁸ [long s]⁸ s-t⁸ v⁸ u⁸ w⁸ x-z⁸ [z with crossbar]⁸ [con]⁶ ẽ⁶ A-V⁸ W⁸ X-Y⁸ 2A-2B⁸ 2C-2D⁶ 2E⁸. (2a1, ẽ6, and 2E8 blank). Imperfect: blank leaves 2a1, ẽ6 and 2E8 lacking. Binding error: gatherings 2a and 2b misbound at end. Large initial on leaf a2r in blue and red; subsequent initials in red. Binding: brown morocco; binder's stamp: Club Bindery 1899.
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