Latin works of L. B. Alberti; Italy, c. 1487

Title

Latin works of L. B. Alberti; Italy, c. 1487

Shelfmark

MS. Canon. Misc. 172

Place of origin

Italian

Date

15th century, end (probably 1487, at least in part)

Language

Latin

Contents

Form

codex

Support

paper

Hands

Fols. 1-220: Gothic hybrida.

Fols. 221-238: humanistic cursive; scribe identified by Albinia de la Mare (reported in De Poli and Regoliosi) as the hand of Genoa, Bibl. Univ. G IV 29.

Decoration

Good drawing.

Good diagrams.

Acquisition

Purchased by the Bodleian in 1817

Provenance

Date: see fols. 45r, 218r and cf. fol. 119v (1437): the date 1437 relates to the texts; De Poli and Regoliosi suggest the scribe inadvertently altered this on two occasions to the year of copying. Not listed in A. G. Watson, Dated and Datable Manuscripts in Oxford Libraries. De Poli and Regoliosi suggest a possible origin in Padua.

Pierleone da Spoleto, -1492 (?): annotations in his hand in the first codicological unit (identified by Albinia de la Mare, as reported in De Poli and Regoliosi)

Matteo Luigi Canonici, 1727–1805 : lent by him to Jacopo Morelli of the Bibliotheca Marciana, returned 1805 (fol. 1r).

Giuseppe Canonici , -1807

Title

L. B. Alberti, works

Shelfmark

MS. Canon. Misc. 172

Date

15th century, end

Language

Latin

Physical extent

1 volume