a2r [signed a1r] Philelphus, Franciscus: Epistolae. ‘Francisci Philelfi Epistolarum liber primus.’ ‘Franciscus Philelfus Leonardo Iustiniano sautem plurimam dicit.’ Incipit: ‘[Q]uod nihil apud me duxerim antiquius benivolentia tua, nihil sanctius tua fide ...’ p7v Explicit: ‘... tamen gratiam non minus possim quam velim, nec minorem agam quam debeam. Vale, ex medio iiii. idus Martias, Mcccclxi. Finis.’ See P‑259.
p7v Colophon: ‘Epistolarum Fran. Philelfi libri xvi impressi Venetiis expliciunt. Anno a Natali christiano Mcccclxxxxiii die xv Ianuarii.’
a8 b–o6 p8. Leaf a1 unsigned, a2 signed a1, etc. Spaces left blank for initials, with printed guide letters.
References:
Source: Bodleian
ISTC: ip00594000
HC *12942;
Goff P‑594;
BMC V 375;
Pr 4882;
BSB‑Ink P‑433; Sheppard 3993.
LCN: 14383671
Copies:
P-264(1)
Copy
Bound with O‑067; see there for details of binding, notes, and provenance.
Size of leaf: 292 × 187 mm.
A different sixteenth-century hand, probably that of the rubricator, has also added some marginal notes, mainly extracting key words, in a pale red ink.
Initials are supplied in pale red with pen-flourishing.
SHELFMARK: Auct. Q inf. 2.1(1).