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Ps.-Bernard, Bernardus Silvestris — 15th century

MS. Canon. Pat. Lat. 117

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Title

Ps.-Bernard, Bernardus Silvestris — 15th century

Shelfmark

MS. Canon. Pat. Lat. 117

Associated place

Italian

Date

15th century

Language

Latin

Contents

Letters
Prayers
Euangelium Nicodemii
Theological and other notes
Religious and other verse
Ps.-Bernard Meditationes piissimae
Bernardus Silvestris Epistola rei familiaris

Form

codex

Support

paper

Binding

14th century (c. 1363?) or 15th century, Italian: limp parchment wrapper, mostly single thickness, but with the lower fore-edge turned in to provide partial double thickness there; a thick single quire, sewn through the spine over two external pieces of cord; undecorated except at centre of front cover where a flourished initial ‘L’ all in brown ink appears reversed, perhaps just a pen-trial. c. 310 c. 215–225 c. 15 (book closed).

A note at inside front cover, top left, reads April 1363; an account at inside back cover mentions the years 1416 and 1417.

Acquisition

Purchased by the Bodleian in 1817

Provenance

Matteo Luigi Canonici, 1727–1805

Giuseppe Canonici , -1807

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Title

Collectanea

Shelfmark

MS. Canon. Pat. Lat. 117

Summary

Letters

Prayers

Euangelium Nicodemii

Theological and other notes

Religious and other verse

Ps.-Bernard, Meditationes piissimae

Bernardus Silvestris, Epistola rei familiaris

Date

15th century

Language

Latin

Physical extent

1 volume

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Collection contents

Canonici Manuscripts

Canonici Latin Patristic

Collectanea

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  • Bernard Silvestris

  • Canonici, Matteo Luigi, 1727-1805

  • Bernard, of Clairvaux, Saint, 1090 or 1091-1153, pseudo

  • Canonici, Giuseppe (d. 1807)

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