Marston MS 283   Italy, s. XV 2
Vocabularius breviloquus

ff. 1r-88r  //Aliquando.  penu.  cor./ Alabatrum [sic]. tri. est genus
marmoris candidi et perlucidi uarijs coloris [sic] quod incorrupta 
seruat unguenta.  ne. g./ Alonge.  media.  cor./...[f. 88r, under 
heading DE. ZO.:] Zona. ne.  est cingulus.  latus .  et est etiam 
pars terre.../Zorobabel.  est ex integris.  tribus nominibus.  
[z crossed out] zo. dicitur iste.  ro.  magister..  babel.  
babilonia.  iste.  magister. de babilonia./ finis.  Amen.  
f. 88v blank

Unidentified Vocabularius breviloquus, imperfect at beginning;
arranged alphabetically according to the first two letters of a
word.  Most entries are very short, 1- to 2-lines; lengthy entries 
include those for Allegoria (ff. 1v-2r); Bubo (f. 8v); Eletrum 
(sic, f. 26r); Ferculum (f. 32v); Pellicanus (sic, f. 60v); 
Saphirus (f. 74r-v); Vnicornis (f. 86v).

	Paper (watermarks, in gutter:  similar in design to Briquet 
Balance 2502; Piccard Horn VII.226, 229-230; Briquet Tour 15911; 
Briquet Monts 11881-82; unidentified 6-pointed star in a circle), 
ff. i (later addition) + 88 + i (later addition), 211 x 143 
(135 x 81) mm.  31 long lines.  Double vertical bounding lines 
(Derolez 13.31); lines impressed on a ruling board. 
	I 12 (-1 through 4, loss of text), II-VII 12, VIII 8.  
Vertical catchwords surrounded by squiggles, between inner 
bounding lines (Derolez 12.5). 
	Written in a highly abbreviated and cramped humanistic 
cursive script with some gothic features by a single scribe, 
above top line.
	Headings in majuscules.
	Binding:  Italy, date uncertain (s. xv?).  Original sewing on 
three tawed skin supports, with plain, natural color wound endbands
sewn on tawed skin cores.  The boards are wooden, the upper one cut
in for the straps.  
	Covered in brown sheepskin with corner tongues, very faintly 
blind-tooled.  Traces of two catches on lower board.  Repaired at 
head and tail of spine.

Written in Italy in the second half of the 15th century; early 
provenance unknown.  Purchased from Bernard M. Rosenthal (date 
unknown) by Thomas E. Marston (bookplate).

Barbara A. Shailor