Theodoret, Bishop of Cyrrhus — late 15th or early 16th century; Italy

Title

Theodoret, Bishop of Cyrrhus — late 15th or early 16th century; Italy

Shelfmark

MS. Canon. Gr. 27

Associated place

Venice

Italian

Place of origin

Italy

Date

late 15th or early 16th century

Language

Ancient Greek (to 1453)

Contents

Form

codex

Support

paper

Hands

Script attributed to Michael Trivolis (Maximus the Greek) (Gamillscheg and Harlfinger, Repertorium der greichischen Kopisten I A (1981), p. 156, no. 287).

Binding

15th century, late, or early 16th century, Italian (as MS., probably before 1505): wood boards; brown leather, blind-tooled with lines, stamps and strapwork; remains of two clasps with dark brown textile straps (lost); spine lost; edges plain, author’s name in ink on lower edge. Rebacked in similar leather, 18th century, Venice, with added pink floral endleaves (carta bassanese), for Jacopo Soranzo, with his label at top of spine. 163–165 105–106 c. 30 (book closed).

Acquisition

Purchased by the Bodleian in 1817

Provenance

Matteo Luigi Canonici, 1727–1805

Giuseppe Canonici , -1807

Title

Theodoret, Bishop of Cyrrhus, 'Graecorum affectionum curatio'

Shelfmark

MS. Canon. Gr. 27

Date

Late 15th century-early 16th century

Language

Ancient Greek (to 1453)

Physical extent

1 volume