Marsilio Ficino — between 1475 and 1480 (?); Italian, Florence
MS. Canon. Class. Lat. 156
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Marsilio Ficino — between 1475 and 1480 (?); Italian, Florence
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Class. Lat. 156
Associated place
Italian
Florence
Place of origin
Italian, Florence
Date
between 1475 and 1480 (?)
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
paper
Decoration
Good initials. Autograph corrections by Ficino. Humanistic script. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 323)
Binding
15th century, last quarter, Italian, Florence (as MS.): wood boards; dark red leather, blind-tooled with lines and strapwork; traces of two fore-edge clasps, once with red-leather straps and scallop-shell shaped catch-plates, all lost; spine lost; edges plain, fore-edge title ‘AMOR.PLATONIS’ in ink. Rebacked at Bodleian, 1955. 216–217 142 c. 27–29 (book closed).
Acquisition
Purchased by the Bodleian in 1817
Provenance
Matteo Luigi Canonici, 1727–1805
Giuseppe Canonici , -1807
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Title
Marsilio Ficino, Commentary on Plato, Symposium
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Class. Lat. 156
Date
c. Between 1475 and 1480
Language
Latin
Physical extent
1 volume
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Collection contents
Canonici Latin Classical
Marsilio Ficino, Commentary on Plato, Symposium
