Collation: [1-5¹⁰ 6-9⁸ 10-29¹⁰ 30⁸ 31-32¹⁰ 33⁶ 34⁸; 35¹⁰ 36-37⁸ 38¹⁰ 39¹²]: 370 leaves, leaf [1]/1 blank. Variant collation in GW.
Colophon (leaf [39]/12r): Ad laudem [et] gloriam dei ac virginis gloriose matris ei[us]. necnon ad utilitatem christifideliu[m]. impressa est hec preclara [et] multis pro futura historia longobardia. additis t[ame]n multor[um] s[an]ctor[um] ac sanctarum legendis pulchris ac raris ut pat[et] tabulam sub alphabeti ordine editam: intuenti. [et] ad finem usq[ue] deducta est per me Conradum de Hoemborch. meo q[ue] signeto i[n]signita. Anno d[omi]ni Millesi[m]oquadringe[n]tesi[m]septuagesimosexto. feria sexta ante Martini episcopi [i.e. 8 November]. De quo sit deus gloriosus benedictus i[n] secula. AMEN. [printer's mark]
For detailed contents, see Bod-inc.
Paper format: Chancery folio
PML copy leaf dimensions: 28.8 x 21.2 cm
PML copy listed under Division A in Checklist.
PML copy missing 1 leaf: [1]/1 (blank).
Printed in Winters's type 1:99G.
Title from incipit (leaf [1]/3v): Incipit legenda sanctor[um] aurea q[ue] alio no[m]i[ne] d[icitu]r hystoria longobardica. Et primo de adventu d[omi]ni.
Legenda aurea sanctorum, sive Lombardica historia
Hand decoration: Rubricated, red and blue lombards with blue-red penwork filigree (Cologne/Lower Rhenish style), red paragraph marks, capital strokes, and foliation. Annotations: Contemporary alpha-numeric quire signatures at bottom outside edge, mostly trimmed. Contemporary marginal and interlinear notations in several hands throughout. Contemporary foliation identification added to tabula listing saints, and tabula of additional legends (leaf [35]/1r) completed in manuscript.