The MS 01020 is an Italian manuscript similar to a commonplace book, probably created in 1424. It currently rests in the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library of the University of Toronto in Toronto, Ontario. The size and contents suggest that it was a personal reference book for a scribe or other writer, and folio 105r outlines a system of counter-ward pairs similar to that of the MS I.33.
Provenance
Contents
| 1r - 5v
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Table of Contents
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| 6r
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T-O mappa mundi and calendar of 1424-1444
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| 6v - 8r
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[blank]
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| 8v
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“Ede cibo venereque certant animalia queque / Propter aidum escam et cortum omnia animalia certant” [15th century inscription]
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9r - 103r,
111v - 115v,
117r - 157r
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Notabilia biblie et aliorum sapientum ("Notable quotes from the Bible and other wise words")
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| 103v - 104r
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Index of the books of the Bible
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| 105r
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Complete Translation 
by Brian F. Stokes and S. Matt Galas
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Transcription
by Brian F. Stokes
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Here begin the postures of combat.
If the master is in long point, the disciple is in the cross
If the master is on high, the disciple is in the thrust.
If the master is on the left shoulder, the disciple is on the right {shoulder}.
If the master is in the guard of the falcon, the disciple is in under the armpit.
If the master is at the middle of the chest the disciple is in flat/level [guard].
If the master is under the arm pit, the disciple is in "socca."
If the master is in the flat/level {guard} the disciple is in "sangia."
If the master is in the cross, the disciple is on the left shoulder.
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[105r] Hec sunt guardiae in dimicatione videlicet.
Si magister in cauda lunga, disspulus in cruce / Si magister in alto, dissipulus in stoccho / Si magister in spatula sinistra, dissipulus is in destra. / Si magister in guardia falconis, dissi pulus in sub ascella / Si magister ad med[um] pectus, dissipulus in plana. / Si magister (in) sub ascella, dissiplus in socca. / Si Magister in plana, Dissipulus in sangia. Si magister in cruce, dissipulus in spatula sinistra. [hic]
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| 105v - 108r
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Selection of psalms by Saint Hilarius
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| 108v
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Dictis de iustitia et iure ("Statements of Justice and Law")
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| 109r
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[blank]
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| 109v - 111r
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Dies Aegyptiaci ("Egyptian Days"), a list of unlucky days of the year
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| 116r - 116v
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[blank]
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| 157rv
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Protocols for addressing nobility
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Gallery
Additional Resources
References
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