Vitas patrum — 15th century (in part 1447); Italian
MS. Canon. Ital. 287
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Vitas patrum — 15th century (in part 1447); Italian
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Ital. 287
Associated place
Italian
Place of origin
Italian
Date
15th century (in part 1447)
Language
Italian
Contents
Form
codex
Support
paper
Binding
15th century, Italian (as MS., 1447, from the Benedictine nunnery of S. Croce, Giudecca, Venice): wood boards; reddish-brown leather, blind-tooled with quadruple or triple lines linking 4+1 domed bosses (some extant) to form four panels on each cover; two fore-edge clasps, originally with brown leather straps (lower lost, upper replaced with red textile but retaining a brass tip cast with the word ‘aue’) running to brass catch-plates, each cast with ‘aue’ below letter ‘S’; four nail holes at top centre of back cover, for a lost label-holder. 320 219–220 c. 48 (book closed).
Acquisition
Purchased by the Bodleian in 1817
Provenance
Matteo Luigi Canonici, 1727–1805
Giuseppe Canonici , -1807
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Title
Vitas patrum (books i-ii, Italian translation by Domenico Cavalca)
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Ital. 287
Date
15th century
Language
Italian
Physical extent
1 volume
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Collection contents
Canonici Italian
Vitas patrum (books i-ii, Italian translation by Domenico Cavalca)
