Quarter border, 3-line blue initial on red and gold field, rubric, opening of De amicitia Listed in De Ricci, Seymour, Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada. New York. : Wilson, 1935; and Supplement, New York, : Bibliographical Society of America, 1962. Ownership : Arms of first owner f. 1 (possibly Minio of Venice or Valmerana of Vicenza). Stamp of Antoine Moriau, Paris (ca. 1750). Henry Allen collection; Samuel Allen sale (1920. Obtained by Wilberforce Eames in 1926 from W. M. Voynich. Bequeathed by Eames, 1940. De Ricci, 2315. De Ricc

Quarter border, 3-line blue initial on red and gold field, rubric, opening of De amicitia Listed in De Ricci, Seymour, Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada. New York. : Wilson, 1935; and Supplement, New York, : Bibliographical Society of America, 1962. Ownership : Arms of first owner f. 1 (possibly Minio of Venice or Valmerana of Vicenza). Stamp of Antoine Moriau, Paris (ca. 1750). Henry Allen collection; Samuel Allen sale (1920. Obtained by Wilberforce Eames in 1926 from W. M. Voynich. Bequeathed by Eames, 1940. De Ricci, 2315. De Ricci, Supplement, 330. Chart by Dr. Guest. Library dossier. 21 long lines, ruled in light pencil, catchwords visible, occasional prickings visible. 28 quires of 8 folios. Parchment Miniature in 10-line initial, f. 1. Initial formed by gold grotesques. Full border on f. 1, quarter-borders on opening page of later texts. Initial f. 1 on red and blue field. Coat of arms. 2-line and 3-line initials in gold, red, and blue. 1-line placemarkers in gold, red, blue. Rubrics in red and blue. Names of texts. Both De Ricci and Dr. Guest place this manuscript ca. 1470. 1 scribe. De Officiis (3 books), ff. 1-136. Paradoxa, ff. 137-154v. De amicitia, ff. 155-190v. De Senectute, ff. 191-224v.; Quarter border, 3-line blue initial on red and gold field, rubric, opening of De amicitia.

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