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De vita et gestis sancti Henrici Imperatoris. Followed by Gerson (J.) De pollutionibus diurnis. Written in a small semi-current gothic hand, 32 lines to a page. Title, capitals and paragraph marks in red. Fol. 1 (red) Incipit liber de vita et de gestis/sancti heinrici imperatoris et confessoris. (Text begins) [A]Nno domini millesimo primo ab vrbe autoris/condita millesimo septingentesimo quinqua/gesimo secundo ... 12v (Ends) ... viuit et regnat per/infinita secula seculorum Amen./Egidii abbatis 1473. (Below in another hand) Item sequuntur vndecim considerationes venerabilis magistri Iohannis gerson de pollutionibus diurnis. 13 [S]Cripsi pridem aliqua super preparatione/ad missam... 22v (Last line) sed salutare illum debet spiritualis ductirx inanus/The last three 'Considerationes' are missing. Aegidius Abbas has not been identified. Gerson's work was first printed at Cologne in 1466.

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