Citation/reference: New York Public Library. Spencer Collection. Dictionary catalog and shelf list, vol. II, p. 905.
Content: Although drawings are quite complete, is has been suggested that it is a sketchbook, or (less likely) the book an architect might show to customers choosing a monument. Text in German on f. 56v.
Content: Layout: Pen drawings on almost every page, often showing only the left or right half of a given monument, next to the opposite half of another monument. Text appears as labels or inscriptions on these drawings, or as notes.
Content: Decoration: Pen drawings of altars, monuments, statues etc. (essentially tomb architecture; most contain human and animal figures. Pen drawings.
Content: Scribe: Probably 2 scribes, second hand on ff. 55, 56 Dated by scribe, 1573.
Content: Script: Capitals (inscriptions); cursive (notes and dates).
Content: Many of the drawings are dated 1573. Latin.
