Basinio de' Basini of Parma — c. 1460; Italy, Padua
MS. Bodl. 646
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Basinio de' Basini of Parma — c. 1460; Italy, Padua
Shelfmark
MS. Bodl. 646
Place of origin
Italy, Padua
Date
c. 1460
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment (fol. 1, purple)
Physical extent
i + 35 leaves
Hands
Humanistic script, written (?) by Angelo Aquilano(?). See the inscription in silver letters on purple-dyed leaf on fol. 1v: 'Accipe, et haec manuum tibi que monumenta mearum | Sint, precor, et longum servi testentur amorem. Ang. Aquil.'
Decoration
Good miniatures (coloured drawings representing various constellations)
Fine historiated border
Fine initials (faceted capitals, cf. MS. Bodl. 80) by a different hand
(fol. 1r)full border: classical border with architectural and floral designs. Two putti support a panelinscribed with the author's name and title of the book. A shield on the title page bears the arms of John Tiptoft, earl of Worcester: 1st and 4th argent a cross saltire engrailed gules, 2nd and 3rd or a lion rampant of the second, the crest a griffin's head
Binding
Oxford, early 17th century. Stamped brown leather with gold ornament , preserving the older flyleaves
Acquisition
Presented by Sir Richard Worsley in 1607
Provenance
Arms of John Tiptoft, earl of Worcester, who was in Padua c. 1459–1461
possessor huius libri T. Barratt, 16th century, inner pastedown
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