Odo of Morimondo — 12th century, late – 13th century, early; Italian
MS. Lat. th. e. 48
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Odo of Morimondo — 12th century, late – 13th century, early; Italian
Shelfmark
MS. Lat. th. e. 48
Place of origin
Italian
Date
12th century, late – 13th century, early
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
ii + 143
Hands
Gothic bookhand
Decoration
Red initials with penwork. Crude faces in some initials
Binding
Original(?) sewing on three split straps, entering channels in the outer faces of the Original(?) wood boards, and fixed with nails; covered in 18th(?)-century brown leather; the spine inscribed 'Expositio | Vet. Testa(m).', and with a square paper label inscribed '20'
Provenance
The Cistercian monastery of Morimondo, Pavia (?), as suggested by the text, binding, and later provenance
Paolo Giovio (?) (1483–1552)
Fol. i recto, formerly the pastedown, inscribed with a shelfmark(?) 'A2' in an 18th-century Italian hand.
Christie's 17 Nov. 1976, lot 380; bought
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