MS. Canon. Misc. 478

Binding

15th century, after 1477, Italian? (as MS., where several sections by the same North European scribe, Swederus(?) Rolevinck, one dated Rome 1477, are bound together): pasteboards, cut flush with text-block; brown leather, now discoloured, blind-tooled with a simple overall design of straight and diagonal triple lines; spine similarly cross-hatched; title in ink (worn) at upper centre of front cover, ?15th century; traces of four sets of lost leather ties, attached close to the edges. 292 × 216–220 × c. 62 mm. (book closed).

The scribe’s name (fol. 229r) was misread by Coxe (1854) as ‘Ernoder Roleonich’. An early owner was Hermannus de Rede.