Written in a humanist script in orange ink, 15 lines per page; written area 85 x 62 mm. There are occasional alterations to the text, written above the line in darker red ink in a different hand, probably Alberti's. Ms H in the critical edition by C. Grayson (Bari 1974). Decoration: The opening words of the prologue "Legete me amanti recognoscendo qui mecho i vostri" on f. 1 are in orange and purple letters on black, within a gold frame. Below this is illustrated a scene in which two men and a woman converse, in front of a castle in the background. There is a border of vines and flowers around the top and sides, the right edge of which was trimmed off when the leaf was detached and re-guarded. Binding: modern full black morocco, with vellum doublures. In a quarter green morocco and cloth tray case, 17 cm. MS Typ 422. Houghton Library, Harvard University. icrofilm in Houghton Reading Room (reel 50 no. 6). Also available in an electronic version. Bond and Faye, 277.
