(LCI)
Upper left corner: National Library book label with current signum.
(f. SL1r)
Upper part of page, in ink by a 19th century hand:‘ Inköpt af Legations-Sekreteraren Gordon ur f.d. Rosenbladska Bibliotheket för 20 RD Bco. Stockholm, Kgl. Bibliotheket Sept. 1845’; next to it in ink, possibly by the same hand: ‘G. O. - Hn CS’ (Gunna Olof Hyltén-Cavallius); below, in pencil: ‘Vattenstämpel: Briquet 11845 (Genua)’; middle of page, in ink by a modern hand: ‘Hieronymi Opera’.
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(ff. 25r–185r)
Frequent marginal notes in ink by one or more contemporary hands. These notes mainly consist of titles and summaries, and occasionally corrections. Many passages, e.g. on (f. 30v), are also marked with manicules and/or lines in the margin. At the beginning of some texts, references to Patrologia latina (‘Migne’) in pencil by a modern hand.
(ff. 39v–53r, 97r–98r, 101r, 134v–134v)
Drawings in ink in the margin. Most of the drawings consist of small bust portraits in profile.
Decorations
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Main text in dark brown ink, rubrics in red, some capitals touched in red.
(ff. 1r–53r), (ff. 73v–317v): Initials missing. space spanning 3-5 lines reserved for initials, sometimes marked with guide letters.
(f. 25r): inital P, outlines in brown ink only.
(f. 57r): opening plain initial I over 16 lines in red with flourishing in pink.
(ff. 57v–71r): plain initials over 3-5 lines alternating in red and blue ink with flourishing in pink or red.
Binding
Modern binding. Brown leather and marbled paper over wooden boards. Spine, stamped in gold: ‘HIERONYMI OPERA Msc.’; stamped in gold: ‘A 220’.
