Title from incipit, leaf [1]/2r.
Imprint from colophon, leaf [38]/10r: Igitur aurelij Augustini ciuitatis orthodoxe sideris presulgidi de ciuitate dei opus prelcarissimum binis sacre pagine p[ro]fessorib[us] eximijs id co[m]menta[n]tib[us]. rubricis tabulaq[ue] discretum p[re]celsa in urbe mogu[n]tina partium alemanie. no[n] calami per frasim. caracteru[m] aute[m] apicib[us] artificiose eleme[n]tatum. ad laude[m] trinitatis in diuidue ciuitatis de presiclis operose est consu[m]matu[m]. p[er] Petru[m] schoiffer de gernβheim. Anno domini .M.cccc.lxxiij. die .v. mensis septembris. Presidibus ecclesie katholice Sixto terc[i]o pontifice su[m]mo Sedi aut[em] mogu[n]tine Adolfo se[cen]do p[re]sule magnifico. Tene[n]de aut[em] ac guberna[n]te [christ]ianis[si]mi monarchia[m] Imp[er]atore serenissimo Frederico tercio Cesare semp[er] augusto. [printer's mark]
Colophon at end of De civitate dei, leaf [30]/8r: Textus sancti Augustini de ciuitate dei. magu[n]tie imp[re]ssus explic[it]. feliciter. Anno [printer's mark] lxxiij.
Printed in Schoeffer's types 3:91G and 5:118G.
Collation: [1-4¹⁰ 5⁴(1+1: constructu est); 6-13¹⁰ 14⁴(1+1: inquiunt); 15¹⁰ 16¹²; 17-20¹⁰ 21⁴(3+1: credibilius); 22-23¹⁰; 24-27¹⁰ 28⁸; 29¹⁰ 30⁸(2+1: -esuries faciebat); 31-33¹⁰ 34¹⁰(1+1: senatus fundera); 35-38¹⁰]: 365 leaves, leaf [38]/10 blank.
Paper format: Royal folio.
Commentary by Thomas Waleys and Nicolaus Trivet.
Rubrics, colophons, and printer's marks printed in red.
Several variants known in both colophons.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 39.8 x 27.9 cm.
PML copy missing 1 leaf: [38]/10 (blank).
Hand decoration: Contemporary Bruges illuminated initial and foliate border and unidentified armorial: azure, bend argent, chevron gules and three flowers (leaf [1]/2r), initials in red and blue (primary initials with penwork decoration), paragraph marks, yellow capital strokes, red and blue decorative line fillers, and ruling. Same hand and armorial as in PML 118 and 306. Annotations: No marginal notations in text. Alpha-numeric manuscript quire signatures, mostly trimmed. Manuscript title on fore edge, under gilding.