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Incipit opus Alberti Magni. De mirabilibus mundi lege foeliciter

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Description
Often wrongly attributed to Albertus, Magnus. Colophon title: Albertus. Magnus. De. secretis naturae explicit Chancery quarto, with paper measuring 21.3 x 14.4 cm. Text in one column, measuring approximately 13.5 x 8.3 cm. Signatures: [a-c¹⁰]. Initials and rubrication in blue and red. Binding: contemporary blind-stamped Italian goatskin over beech boards; remnants of clasp.
Type
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Date
[approximately 1472]
Call number
100210
Provenance
Purchased from Vollbehr, March 23, 1925. Coat of arms with initials "I V" drawn on bottom of page [1]. Contemporary ms. annotations in the margins. Ms. foliation in upper right corner of recto of leaves. Gilhofer copy.
Dimensions
22 cm (4to)
Associated people
Albertus, (1193?-1280.)
Florentius, (active 1472,)
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