decorated manuscript on vellum, , 49 ff., parts of books 11 & 12, double column, 40 lines, written in black ink in a small gothic bookhand, 7 large initials in blue, 4 with internal decoration in red penwork, many smaller initials in blue or red, initials touched in red, headlines in red, marginalia in the same hand many connected to text with red lines, some marginal tears or flaws, some spotting or marking, cockling throughout, modern vellum, in half cloth box, c. 185 x 130mm.), (France , mid to late 13th century). Fragment of an elaborate treatise in praise of the Virgin, once attributed to Albertus Magnus. Provenance: Sotheby's, sale 12/5/2006, lot 56, then unbound.