A copy in Gutenberg Museum, Mainz has inscription dated 1463 and copy in Rylands Library, Manchester is in a Richenbach binding dated 1467.
Chancery folio.
Collation: [1-3¹⁶], 48 leaves.
PML has 12 leaves: 2, 6, 9, 16, 18, 21, 22, 26, 30, 33, 37, and 45.
PML leaves are trimmed to printed area, approximately 25.5 x 20 cm
Schreiber assumes Bennett copy was formerly owned by Rudolph Weigel in Leipzig, but Bennett acquired these twelve leaves in two separate purchases: leaves 2, 6, 9, 16, 26, 30, and 33 (28 Dec. 1896); leaves 18, 21, 22, 37, and 45 (17 April 1899) (see notes in Schreiber volume and item folder).
Schreiber ed. IV
Watermark: leaf 6. Shield of Metz. In PML leaves is Briquet 869 from Metz, dated 1448-60 (also found in Ryalands, Apocalypse IV; see notes in item file).
Watermark: leaf 16. Shield of Metz.
Watermark: leaf 30. Shield of Metz.
Hand decoration: All leaves are hand colored in orange, green, brown, and yellow. Annotations: most leaves with contemporary texts on verso in German.