Title from ISTC.
Colophon (leaf [19]/7r): FINIS. M.CCCCLXX. Que fuera[n]t multis quo[n]dam confusa tenebris / Petrarce laure metra sacrata sue / Christophori et fervens pariter cyllenia cura / Transcripsit nitido lucidiora die. / Utq[ue] superveniens nequeat corrumpere te[m]pus / En Vindelinus enea plura dedit.
Printed in type 1:110R.
Collation: [1⁸; 2¹⁰ 3-14¹⁰ 15⁶; 16-18¹⁰ 19⁸]: 180 leaves, leaves [1]/1 and [19]/8 blank.
Paper format: Royal quarto
PML copy on vellum.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 26.5 x 16.8 cm.
PML copy missing 4 leaves: [1]/1 and [19]/8 (blanks), and leaves [2]/1 and [4]/1 replaced in pen facsimile; leaf [2]/1 previously supplied from a paper copy (see Sunderland sale catalogue). Leaf [10]/10 might be a cancel--it is of a different dimension than [10]/1 and detached from quire structure. Several leaves with margins patched.
Hand decoration: Rubricated, blue initials, green initial on gold ground (leaf [16]/1r). Annotations: Contemporary alpha-numeric quire signatures and foliation, mostly trimmed. A few contemporary Italian marginal notes throughout and transcription of the sonnet "Cura che di timor ti nutri et cresci" by Giovanni dalla Casa from Benedetto Varchi's lecture (leaf [19]/7v). Modern pencil price codes (for facsimilies and binding?, likely Lindsay) (rear fly leaf).