Pliny — 1479; Italian, Lombardy
MS. Canon. Class. Lat. 295
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Pliny — 1479; Italian, Lombardy
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Class. Lat. 295
Associated place
Novara
Place of origin
Italian, Lombardy
Date
1479
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
i+ 490 +i fols.
Hands
Written in humanistic script by Hieronimus Baliocus of Novara , fol. 487v. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 744)
Decoration
Fine borders. fol. 1r Type full border Subject Rectangular border in gold frame with white vine-stem decoration on green, blue and pink background; human figure with a barrel (?) (rubbed) in left margin; nude human figure climbing the stems in lower margin; diamond-shaped panel with jewels in upper margin (rubbed); laurel wreath with arms of Gian Matteo Bottigella and his initials 'IO' and 'MA' in lower margin; laurel wreaths in four corners of the border with the emblems of his wife, Bianca Visconti.
Fine initials. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 744, pl. LXXI) fol. 1r Type initial L Subject 15-line gold initial with white vine-stem decoration on green, blue and pink background. 8- to 13-line gold initials in two styles (changing at fol. 104r), with white vine-stem decoration on green, blue and pink background, and sprays of leaves, flowers, berries and gold disks extending into margins, on fols. 24r, 43v, 54r, 63v, 89v, 104r, 119r, 131v, 145r, 171r, 179r, 188r, 197r, 212v, 229v, 252r, 280v, 293v, 305r, 316v, 342r, 353r, 363v, 382r, 392r, 402r, 411r, 421v, 432r, 445v, 460r, 473v.
2-line blue, green and gold initials with red and purple penwork.
Acquisition
Purchased by the Bodleian in 1817
Provenance
Matteo Luigi Canonici, 1727–1805
Giuseppe Canonici , -1807
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Title
Pliny, Natural History
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Class. Lat. 295
Date
1479
Language
Latin
Physical extent
1 volume
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Collection contents
Canonici Latin Classical
Pliny, Natural History
