Late 15th-century manuscript produced in Italy containing 'Il Ninfale', or 'The Nymph of Fiesole', of Giovanni Boccaccio, written in ottava rima.

The manuscript is the work of one scribe, written in an Italian round hand.

Balduino states that the manuscript is incomplete in places and not arranged in the correct order.

The work starts on folio 2r and runs to folio 94r.

The colophon on folio 94r reads: 'Finito ellibro chiamato ninfale'.

Beneath this is a later inscription, probably of the 16th century, which probably reads: 'inparerete qui muse aconporre se poeti volete esere chiamati evibisogna li sustar e raccorre'. This hand is also present in the lower margins of folios 2r and 3r where moralistic verses have been inscribed.

On folio 94v is a fragment of a work which begins: 'Chiromansia de tichasso da cerasarj mantovano dal proprio esenprare vulgare tradutta adinstantia demagnificho veneto pratricio domino sagerio MDXXIIII'. This fragment is in the hand which provided the verses on folios 2r, 3r, and 94r.

The manuscript is not decorated except for an elaborate plain penwork initial on folio 1r with grapes and floral designs extending into the margin. The colour of the ink suggests that this decoration was added by the 16th-century hand. The first letter of each stanza is in plain ink, slightly enlarged and placed in the margin.

On the pastedown of the front board are library inscriptions and a sticker which reads: '45..*'.

On the verso of folio ii is an 18th-century inscription detailing the manuscript's previous ownership.

Each folio has been lined and ruled in red, recto and verso.

Pricking is visible in the lower margin for the vertical lines.

Horizontal catchwords are present on the following folios: 11v, 20v, 50v, 60v (vertical), 70v, 80v, 90v.

Quire signatures in the form of Arabic numerals are present in the upper left corner of the following folios: 12r, 21r, 51r, 61r, 71r, 81r, 91r.