Historia gentis Longobardorum, etcPaul, the Deacon, approximately 720-799?[between 1450 and 1500]latManuscript on paper of 1) Paul the Deacon, Historia gentis Longobardorum. 2) Palladius of Helenopolis, Liber de moribus Brachmanorum, translated into LatinIn Latin.Watermarks: similar to Piccard Ochsenkopf I.731-35.Script: Written in a cursive minuscule script, above top line; the first words of each chapter in large gothic bookhand.One initial, divided red and blue, 5-line, with red penwork flourishes, f. 1r; the initial may have been retouched by a contemporary hand. Plain red initials throughout; spaces for rubrics left unfilled, except for those at beginning of each book. Running headlines in red. Guide letters for decorator.Binding: Nineteenth century, Germany. Quires cut in for sewing. Rigid vellum case with a red, gold-tooled label: "P. Diacon. De Gest. langobar". Early title in ink on fore edge: "De Gest. Longobardo".