Gospel Lectionary — 1478; Italian, Florence
MS. Canon. Bibl. Lat. 28
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Gospel Lectionary — 1478; Italian, Florence
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Bibl. Lat. 28
Associated place
Italian
Place of origin
Italian, Florence
Date
1478
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
1 + 90 + 1 fol.
Hands
Written by Johannes Incontrus of Volterra, chaplain of S. Pietro Maggiore, Florence, fol. 90.
Decoration
Fine borders.
Fine historiated initials. ()
Illuminated initials (one historiated), coloured initials, rubrics.
Binding
15th century (as MS.) ?, or (acc. Pächt and Alexander) 16th century, Italian: wood boards; reddish-brown leather with blind stamps in roll-like pattern; gilt edges, faintly gauffered; lower paste-down patched with a medieval manuscript fragment; traces of two strap-and-pin clasps and (metal?) centrepieces with ?papal crossed keys, all lost; spine with original blind stamps, later enhanced (18th century, Italian) with gilt lines and a gilt green-leather label. 345–346 236–237 c. 41–44 (book closed). Uniformly bound and enhanced with MS. Canon. Bibl. Lat. 27.
Acquisition
Purchased by the Bodleian in 1817.
Provenance
Fol.90: 'Ego iohannes incontrus Volaterranus Capellanus sancti petri maioris de florentia transcripsi hoc opus propriis manibus ac laborem meum dono dedi ob salutem anime mee redemptionem que peccatorum meorum die vero .xvª. agusti. Mcccclxxviijº'
Matteo Luigi Canonici, 1727–1805
Giuseppe Canonici, -1807
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Title
Gospel Lectionary
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Bibl. Lat. 28
Date
1478
Language
Latin
Physical extent
1 volume
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Collection contents
Canonici Latin Biblical
Gospel Lectionary
