Leaf has a slight hourglass shape with the bottom wider than the top. There is general staining to the leaf from fingers, food, and along the original spine edge there is the outline of a liquid stain that is more pronounced on the verso than the recto. This edge of the leaf is also the dirtiest. In the bottom recto fore-edge corner in pencil someone has written the letter, A.

In the bottom margin of the verso there is a faded pencil notation that appears to be c. 1713 while in darker pencil near it is clearly written c. 7117, while in the very bottom spine corner in pencil is $350-. Also, on the verso in the upper margin, it is possible to see feathering of the parchment in a rectangular shape as if something was taped to the leaf and then removed. As this has left the parchment thinner in this area than the rest of the leaf, this damage is also visible from the recto. The verso also clearly shows in the bottom margin and up the two sides that the leaf has been creased at least four times in different ways, and these crease lines are darker than the surrounding parchment.

Fragment: At its largest, the size of this leaf is 221 x 84 mm. On both sides, there are pen-flourishes connected to raised capitals. The ink pigments are blue, red, violet (purple), and gilt. The width of the text, including the pen flourishes, vary between 54 and 63 mm, and the height from 75 to 100 mm. The guidelines around and among the text is very faint with the left and right guidelines and the two for the bottom line of text extending all the way to the edges of the page. The guidelines in between the text either end at the left and right guidelines or extend only slightly further than the lines. The very top and bottom edges of this leaf feature a slight halo, suggesting gilt edges. (Note: In determining the recto and verso sides of this fragment, we relied on the continuation of the sentence from one side to the next.)

Recto: This is the hair side of the parchment with the follicles visible to the naked eye, and under a lighted microscope several ingrown (?) hairs are visible but cannot be felt or seen with the naked eye in the bottom margin. Within the written text, there is one rubric. There are seven lombardic capital initials, "I," "E,” “F,” “G,” “D,” “F,” and “S.” The gilt “D,” with violet (purple) penwork behind the gilt and out into the margin, takes up the space of two lines, while all the others fit within one line of text.  The “I,” one “F,” and the “S” are gilt with purple penwork backgrounds with that for the “I” and “S” extending into the margins. The “E,” “G,” and the other “F” are blue with red penwork backgrounds.

Verso: This is the skin side of the parchment as it is brighter appearing to the eye and smoother to the touch than the recto. Within the written text, there is one rubric. There are seven Lombardic capital initials, “Q,” “S,” “A,” “Q,” “E,” “G,” and “D.” As on the recto, the “D” takes up the space of two lines while all the others fit within one line of text. One “Q,” the “A,” and the “E” are gilt with violet (purple) penwork backgrounds. The other “Q,” “S,” “G,” and the “D” are blue with red penwork backgrounds with the penwork for the “D” extending into the margins. The catchword is located 11mm below the line of text in the bottom margin and there are faint squirls above, to the right, and below the catchword that are not part of the squirl for the final “m” of the word.

Purchased from: Books and Bidders in Cleveland, OH who acquired this leaf from an estate sale. The family said the deceased was purchasing his manuscript leaves from a Cleveland dealer in the 1970s and 1980s.