Paulus Diaconus, FestusPaul, the Deacon, approximately 720-799?[between 1450 and 1500]latManuscript on paper of 1) Paulus Diaconus (d. after 744), Historia Romana, with the additional Book 17. 2) Festus (4th century), Breviarium historiae RomanaeIn Latin.Watermark: crossbow (?).Script: Copied by one hand in Humanistica Cursiva Libraria under Gothic influence (d mostly Uncial).Pale red headings. Gothic calligraphic initials in brown ink of various sizes, with guide-letters in the left margin: 3 lines at the head of each paragraph (art. 1 only), 6-7 lines at the opening of each Book.Binding: Nineteenth century. Brown-black marbled paper over pasteboard.