Apicius — 1490; Italian, Bologna
MS. Canon. Class. Lat. 168
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Apicius — 1490; Italian, Bologna
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Class. Lat. 168
Associated place
Italian
Bologna
Place of origin
Italian, Bologna
Date
1490
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
ii + 78 + iv fols.
Hands
Written in humanistic script by Pierantonio Sallando of Reggio , fol. 78.
Decoration
Fine borders.
Initials. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 668, pl. LXIV) fol. 1r Type full border Subject Architectural frontispiece with cooking implements. Coat of arms of Rossi of Bologna.
Binding
15th century, end, Italian, Bologna (as MS.): wood boards with inside bevel; dark brown leather with blind lines, stamps, strapwork centrepieces and gilt infilling; one of two fore-edge clasps surviving; gilt gauffered edges; spine lost. Twice rebacked, 18th-century, Italian, and 1949, Bodleian. 211 133–134 c. 26 (book closed). Cf. MS. Canon. Class. Lat. 167.
Acquisition
Purchased by the Bodleian in 1817
Provenance
Arms of Rossi of Bologna.
'Ale Marescotti', erased, 16th century, fol. 1
Matteo Luigi Canonici, 1727–1805
Giuseppe Canonici , -1807
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Title
Apicius, De re coquinaria
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Class. Lat. 168
Date
1490
Language
Latin
Physical extent
1 volume
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Collection contents
Canonici Latin Classical
Apicius, De re coquinaria
