Ps.-Aristotle — 14th century, late; Hungary

Title

Ps.-Aristotle — 14th century, late; Hungary

Shelfmark

Hertford College MS. 2

Place of origin

Hungary

Date

14th century, late

Language

Latin

Contents

Form

codex

Support

parchment

Physical extent

i + 66

Decoration

Initials: (i) f. 1, 6-line, pale violet H on gold and blue ground: within the H a 3/4 length portrait of a king

(ii) 3-line or 4-line, red; (iii) 2-line, red or blue: the letter I is wholly outside the written space.

Binding

19th century

Provenance

Written for Louis the Great, King of Hungary 1362-82, and of Poland 1372-82, by the same scribe as the Hungarian illuminated chronicle, Budapest, National Szechenyi Library, Clmae 404 (formerly in Vienna, Pal. lat. 405), and decorated by the same artist: cf. Dercsényi, op. cit. p.44. In the lower margin of f. 1 a shield bearing the arms of Hungary and Anjou is flanked by shields with the arms of Hungary and Poland.

“Liber Aulae Magd. Oxon. 1658. Ex dono Edmundi Hall Art Mag. & Coll. Pembr. Socij” (foll. 1 & 3), who has added notes. Magdalen Hall (pre 1697).