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SEX HUMANAE VITAE AETATES &c. Manuscript in Latin on vellum and paper. France, 15th century

SEX HUMANAE VITAE AETATES &c. [title taken from 19th-century leather backstrip bound at end]. manuscript in latin, written in rustic capitals and bâtarde script in brown ink, recto and verso, on vellum and laid paper. [28] leaves. 220x148 mm, modern binding of green brocade over boards. France, 15th century

  • Notes: The manuscript comprises a list of the names of biblical, mythological, and historical figures from the Creation through the Middle Ages, organized chronologically in Six Ages, with explanatory sidenotes throughout and miscellaneous texts at the end. From the library of the Strozzi family of Florence, with their stamp.
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