A mutilated codex

After the mutilation the codex begins with folio 2r and goes through folio 9v including the last 4 verses of poem 11 and the poems 11-58 (only the first 8 vv. of poem 58). The leaves 1 and 10 constituting the external folio of the first quire (quinterno) are missing (poems 1-10 and first 10 vv. of poem 11). The second quire is missing (ff. 11-20; last six vv. of poem 58, poems 59-127 and first 2 vv. of poem 128). The third quire is complete and includes leaves 21-30, namely the poems 128-212 but the first 2 vv. of poem 128 are missing and only the first 8 vv. of 212 are included in 30v. The fourth quire is of 12 leaves instead of 10 for the addition of the leave between folio 6 and 7: 31r-42v including poems 212 (last 6 vv.) - 311 (first 4 vv.). The fifth quire is a trierno leaves. 43r-48v including the poems 311 (last 10 vv.) - 359 (only first 44 vv.); poem 359 is copied at the end of poem 366. 

 

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