Boethius — 15th century
MS. Canon. Class. Lat. 183
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Boethius — 15th century
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Class. Lat. 183
Associated place
Italian
Date
15th century
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
paper
Binding
15th century, after 1487?, Italian: wood boards, left bare; quarter-leather spine (dark yellow, rough finish), fixed with vertical lines of 1+4+1 nails (lining strips once under the nails, lost); owner’s name in ink on the leather, 15th century; remnants of one central clasp with lost strap of red tawed leather, metal catch-plate embossed with lamb-and-flag under a sun or star; edges plain. c. 310 × 220 x. c. 27 mm. (book closed).
Acquisition
Purchased by the Bodleian in 1817
Provenance
Matteo Luigi Canonici, 1727–1805
Giuseppe Canonici , -1807
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Title
Boethius, De consolatione philosophiae
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Class. Lat. 183
Date
15th century
Language
Latin
Physical extent
1 volume
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Collection contents
Canonici Latin Classical
Boethius, De consolatione philosophiae
