Title from incipit (leaf a2r): PROEMIUM PLATYNAE IN VITAS PONTIFICUM AD SIXTUM .IIII. PONTIFICEM MAXIMUM.
Colophon (leaf ff6r): Excelle[n]tissimi historici Platin[a]e i[n] vitas su[m]mo[rum] po[n]tificu[m] ad Sixtu[m] iiii. po[n]tifice[m] maximu[m] p[rae]claru[m] op[us] foelicit[er] explicit: accurate castigatu[m] ac i[m]p[r]e[s]sa Joha[n]nis de Colonia agripine[n]si ei[us] socii Joha[n]nis mathen de gheretzem .iii. id[us] Juuii [sic] i[m]pressu[m] anno salutis chrstian[a]e .M.cccc.lxxix. Laus deo.
Printed in type 8**:109R.
Collation: a¹⁰ b-o⁸ p⁶ q-y⁸ z¹⁰ & aa-ee⁸ ff⁶: 240 leaves.
Paper format: Chancery folio
PML copy leaf dimensions: 31 x 20.6 cm.
Hand decoration: Northern Italian, blue major lombards with red filigree penwork, alternating red and blue minor lombards. Annotations: No marginal notations in text. 16th-century manuscript foliation.