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AL PADRE alfiglio allo spirito sancto
per ogni secol sia gloria et honore
et benedecto sia suo nome quanto (quāto)
tucte lecreature anno valore
laudato et ringratiato in (ī) ogni canto (cāto)
conpuramente (cōpuramente) et condivoto (cōdivoto) quore
et confessata sia la sua bontate
pi[eta] m[iser]icordia et karitate. / :~

D[olce] [sign]ore apri le labbre mie
[ilumin]a ilmio cor colla tuo luce
et la [mia?] [bocc]ha annunpti (annūpti) le tue vie
pie[...] lode et sie sempre mie duce
al[...]diutorio mio intende et sie
colla tua gratia chel mondo conduce (cōduce)
elmio dir sia consolatione et fructo
di tucti quei chentendon tal constructo. / :~

ADogni cor gientile et mente pura
che desidera intender laragione
collaqual sigoverna lanatura
da un principio che prima chagione
et onde ha lesser ogni creatura
et dilor qualitaet conditione (cōditione)
dico che leggano iversi seguenti
chiamando iddio et collanimo attenti. / :~

[Image]
Image description: illuminated initial A (first initial) in gold, over 6 transcriptional lines. Following two initials (D and A), in blue ink over two transcriptional lines. These type of blue initials will be consistently added throughout the manuscript. Initial D is partially illegible (due to damages to the parchment: parhaps water damage?). Flourishes in blue, green, yellow, pink and gold form a partial frame to the text (top, left and bottom borders). Unidentified coat of arms at the bottom of the page: blue with three transversal red lines (azure a bendlets gules, party a bend sinister gules).
No text within these illuminations.
Guide letters are not visible.

[Page description]
Page number in Arabic numbering (1), marked in pencil on the top right corner of the page. Probably added at a later time.