Ovid — 15th century, beginning; Italian, North-west
MS. Canon. Class. Lat. 14
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Ovid — 15th century, beginning; Italian, North-west
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Class. Lat. 14
Place of origin
Italian, North-west
Date
15th century, beginning
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
64leaves
Hands
Fere-humanistica
Decoration
Fine historiated border, fol. 1r: foliage; shield left empty to be filled with a coat of arms; young man in red tunic (badly rubbed).
Fine initial (partly rubbed), fol. 1r: initial H, pink initial on gold background, infilled with a figure of a young woman (Penelope)
Sketch, fol. 64v, 15th century, armed man on horseback
fol. 64v, penwork initial with a face of a bearded man.
Coloured initials, rubrics.
(Pächt and Alexander ii. 774)
Binding
Plain parchment over pasteboards, Italian, 18th(?) century.
Acquisition
Purchased by the Bodleian in 1817.
Provenance
Matteo Luigi Canonici, 1727–1805
Giuseppe Canonici , -1807
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Title
Ovid, Heroides (end lost)
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Class. Lat. 14
Date
15th century, beginning
Language
Latin
Physical extent
1 volume
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Collection contents
Canonici Latin Classical
Ovid, Heroides (end lost)
