Ptolemy — 15th century
MS. Canon. Misc. 487
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Ptolemy — 15th century
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Misc. 487
Associated place
Italian
Date
15th century
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Binding
15th century, Italian (as MS., c. 1410–1450): thick wood boards, flush with text-block; formerly full brown leather, later removed (offsets of turn-ins at former front paste-down); traces of four clasps and of 4+1 bosses on each cover, lost or concealed. Rebacked 20th century, Bodleian, in modern pigskin, quarter-leather style, with new paper paste-downs and endleaves. 265–266 190–192 c. 42–43 (book closed).
Acquisition
Purchased by the Bodleian in 1817
Provenance
Matteo Luigi Canonici, 1727–1805
Giuseppe Canonici , -1807
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Title
Ptolemy, Cosmographia (tr. Iacobus Angelus)
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Misc. 487
Date
15th century
Language
Latin
Physical extent
1 volume
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Collection contents
Canonici Miscellaneous
Ptolemy, Cosmographia (tr. Iacobus Angelus)
