Bartolomeo Facio — c. 1450–1460; Flemish, Bruges (?)
MS. Lat. misc. e. 118
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Bartolomeo Facio — c. 1450–1460; Flemish, Bruges (?)
Shelfmark
MS. Lat. misc. e. 118
Place of origin
Flemish, Bruges (?)
Date
c. 1450–1460
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
ii + 61 leaves
Hands
bâtarde bourgignonne
Decoration
Blue initials flourished in red.
Binding
Contemporary binding in bevelled wooden boards covered in white leather, later rebacked; traces of central green silk strap which fastened to surviving pin in lower cover.
Acquisition
Lot 62 in Sotheby sale 8 July 1974. Bought.
Provenance
(Fol. iv, flyleaf) ‘Tabula de principaliter tractatis in hoc libro secundum numerum foliorum’ (15th cent. English hand)
(fol.ii) form of the institution of a Benedictine abbot and the profession of obedience of a monk, mentioning Hyde abbey at Winchester and an abbot ‘Thomas’, probably Thomas Forte, abbot 1485–8 (late 15th cent?).
Fol.9v: ‘Richard Dowse ys boucke’ (16th cent.).
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