National Library of Sweden, A 224
Palladius, Life of John Chrysostom
Italy?, 15th century, first half.
parchment
i, 80, i' leaves
215 × 140–145 mm
Latin
Secundo folio
Foliation
Collation
Script
Textblock
Hand 1
Humanist minusculeAdditions
Binding/Endleaves
Textblock
Decorations
Textblock
Main text in brown ink, rubrics in red. Speakers in the dialogue marked with red capitals.
(f. 1r): plain initial D over 2 lines in blue. (f. 3r): Opening foliate initial C over 8 lines. Letter outlined in black and painted green. Letter shaped like leaves and surrounded by a half frame in pink and white placed on gold background. Counterspace filled with vegetative shapes in blue and red. The entire page is surrounded by a painted border consisting of flowers and vegetative shapes inhabited by putti, a bird, and a snail. Main colours: blue, red, green, pink, and gold. A coat of arms is found at the centre of the bottom boarder. It consists of a red lion and small yellow star on an egg shaped shield with black and white diagonal stripes. Above the shield a bishop's mitre with two white bands extending on both sides. (f. 16r) dentelle inital I over 4 lines. Letter in gold and outlined in black ink. Placed on a painted background in purple and blue with white details. Vegetative shapes, drawn in ink and painted purple and green, extend from the background into the margin. (f. 75r): dentelle initial U over 2 lines (+ extending above and below the line). Same style and colours as the first dentelle.
Edges coloured red.
Binding
Binding of unknown date. Light brown leather over wooden boards. 4 pairs of raised bands and endbands. 2 hooked clasps. Spine, ink on paper label: ‘10 14.’; stamped in gold: ‘A 224’; ink on paper label: ‘1 4:o’.
Blind tooled panel decoration.