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Ps.-Phalaris, Ps.-Sextus Aurelius Victor — 1469; Italian, North-east

MS. Canon. Class. Lat. 171

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Title

Ps.-Phalaris, Ps.-Sextus Aurelius Victor — 1469; Italian, North-east

Shelfmark

MS. Canon. Class. Lat. 171

Place of origin

Italian, North-east

Date

1469

Language

Latin

Contents

1. (fol. 1) Ps.-Phalaris Epistles
2. (fol. 67) Ps.-Sextus Aurelius Victor De uiris illustribus

Form

codex

Support

paper

Physical extent

100 fols.

Hands

Written in humanistic script in 1469 by Frater Bellinus , fol. 100v.

Decoration

Good initials. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 845) fol. 1r Type initial D Subject Pink initial on gold and blue background, decorated with floral designs and gold disks. Type border, lower margin Subject Floral designs, gold disks, laurel wreath with a defaced coat of arms. fol. 71r Type initial P Subject Pink initial on gold and blue background, decorated with floral designs and gold disks.

Acquisition

Purchased by the Bodleian in 1817

Provenance

The undated part of the MS, Pliny's De viris illustribus, has every appearance of having been written at about the same time as the dated part.

Arms, defaced, fol. 1.

Matteo Luigi Canonici, 1727–1805

Giuseppe Canonici , -1807

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Title

Phalaris, etc.

Shelfmark

MS. Canon. Class. Lat. 171

Summary

Ps.-Phalaris, Epistles (tr. Francesco Aretino)

Ps.-Sextus Aurelius Victor, De uiris illustribus

Date

1469

Language

Latin

Physical extent

1 volume

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Collection contents

Canonici Manuscripts

Canonici Latin Classical

Phalaris, etc.

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  • Bellinus, fr., fl. 1469

  • Canonici, Giuseppe (d. 1807)

  • Victor, Sextus Aurelius, pseudo

  • Phalaris, pseudo

  • Canonici, Matteo Luigi, 1727-1805

  • Griffolini, Francesco, 1420-1491

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