Title from incipit (leaf a2r): Incipit prologus formicarii iuxta edic[i]one[m] fratris Johannis Nider sacre theologie p[ro]fessoris eximii qui vitam tempore concilii constanciensis basiliensisq[ue] duxit in humanis feliciter.
Colophon (leaf v5v): Explicit quintus ac totus formicarii liber iuxta editionem fratris Johannis Nider sacre theologie p[ro]fessoris eximii qui vita[m] t[em]p[or]e concilii Constantiensis Basiliensisq[ue] duxit in humanis feliciter. Im pressum Auguste per Anthonium Sorg.
Printed in Sorg's types 2:118G and 3:140G.
Collation: a-s¹⁰ t-v⁶: 192 leaves, leaves a1 and v6 blank.
Paper format: Chancery folio
PML copy leaf dimensions: 28.5 x 19 cm.
Hand decoration: Rubricated, red and blue lombards, paragraph marks, and red capital strokes, with curl flourishes at the ends of blank lines/text breaks. Illuminated incipit initials with marginal foliate decoration and byzants in Augsburg style (leaves a2r, a6v, e6r, i1v, m6r, and p7r), leaf a6v include armorial decoration (half red, half silver/white). Annotations: Minimal marginal notations in 17th-/18th-century hand.