De architectura
Author Marcus Pollio Vitruvius Italian
Inscribed by Anonymous, British, 15th century British
Not on view
A volume containing 93 vellum manuscript leaves inscribed with Latin text upon both sides of each leaf in brownish black ink upon ruled lines. The text is written in double columns, with 39 lines to a page. Decorated capitals and other small scrollwork elements are painted in blue and red. An additional leaf (folio 94) is ruled but contains no text. The vellum binding is modern and bears a 19th century bookplate of the Gloddaeth Library.