Maffeo Vegio — c. 1450; Italian, Rome (?)
MS. Lyell 74
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Maffeo Vegio — c. 1450; Italian, Rome (?)
Shelfmark
MS. Lyell 74
Place of origin
Italian, Rome (?)
Date
c. 1450
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Decoration
Fol. 1r, illuminated vinestem initial and borders. Small illuminated vinestem initials at the beginning of each letter. (Pächt and Alexander, ii. 342, pl. XXXII)
Acquisition
Chosen as one of the hundred manuscripts bequeathed to the Bodleian by Lyell in 1948.
Provenance
James P. R. Lyell, 1871–1948
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