Incipit prologus Libri qui vulgari hominum dictur “El Milione."

  This looks as if it were not Pipino’s.

Note by the Abate S.B.  Mondino.

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MILAN
Ambrosian Library, M. 526, Sc.  D.
Latin.

  Fragments extracted from Pipino’s version inserted at end of 2nd part of
  the Cronica Libri Ymaginis Mundi of Fr. Jacopo d’Acqui. (Vol. i.
  Int., Captivity of M. Polo.)

  Paper, folio. 14th century.

Lazari.

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MODENA
Este Library
Latin.

  Pipino’s Parchment of 14th century.  Muratori speaks of this.
  (Script. VII.) as “fortassis autographum.”

Muratoni; and Prof.  Bianconi, Degli Scritta di Marco Polo, etc.

40 FLORENCE Bib.  Magliabecchiana (now Nationale), Cl.  XIII., Plut.  IV. c. 104 Italian (Tuscan).

  The Crusca MS., of which an account has been given, vol. i. Int.,
  Original Language of the Book.

  Paper, folio, early in 14th century.

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41 FLORENCE Bib.  Magliabecchiana (now Nazionale), Cl.  XIII., Plut.  IV. c. 73 Itailian.

Many liberties taken with the text, and much abridged and disarranged.  Thus, after the Prologue it proceeds:  “Al nome di Dio io Marcho Polo Veneziano raccontero tutte le maravigliose chose ch’io trovai e vidi, etc. etc.”  It ends the chapter on Russia with the following impertinence:  “E se volete sapere piu innanzi dimandatene un altro ch’io Marcho Polo non cercai piu avanti.” The Khalif is called Largaliffe; Reobarles, Reubarbe, with a marginal note in an old hand, “Reubarbe citta di Persia, donde viene il reubarbero herba medicinale.”  Completed by Dolfo Spini, 16th July, 1425.  Paper.  Belonged to the Strozzi Collection.

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42 FLORENCE Bib.  Magliabecchiana (now Nazionale), Cl.  XIII., Plut.  IV., c. 61 Italian.

  This corresponds to the Pucci MS. noted below (No. 47).  It
  contains the colophon quoted at vol. i. Int., Some Estimate of Polo
  and his Book, p. 115, note.

  Paper, folio, 1392, 100 ff. of which the first 40 contain Polo. 
  Not well written.

  Ex.  Bibl.  Gaddiana.

*_Baldelli-Boni_.

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FLORENCE
Bib.  Magliabecchiana (now Naxionale), Cl.  XIII., Plut.  IV., c. 136
Italian.

  Both beginning and end are missing.  Slightly different from the Crusca.

  14th century.

*_Baldelli-Boni_.

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FLORENCE
Riccardian Library
Italian.

  Ends with chapter on Russia.  Followed by an extract of Mandevile and a
  valuable coll. of geographical documents of 15th century and beginning
  of 16th.

  Paper 4to, 16th century.

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