Statius — 15th century, middle; Italian, Florence
MS. Barlow 23
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Statius — 15th century, middle; Italian, Florence
Shelfmark
MS. Barlow 23
Place of origin
Italian, Florence
Date
15th century, middle
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
i + 80leaves
Hands
Humanistic script (Pächt and Alexander ii. 247). For other manuscripts by the scribe ('Scribe 'P'') see A. C. de la Mare, 'New research on humanistic scribes in Florence', in Miniatura fiorentina del Rinascimento, 1450-1520. Un primo censimento (1985), 393-600, at 525-6.
Decoration
Good border.
Good initial.
Binding
Blind-tooled brown leather.
Acquisition
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1691
Provenance
Robert Flemyng (?): his marginalia, fols. 5v, 6r (D. Rundle, The Renaissance Reform of the Book (Cambridge, 2021), p. 180 n. 21).
Thomas Barlow, 1607–1691
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Title
The Silvae of Statius
Shelfmark
MS. Barlow 23
Summary
The Silvae of Statius, to '... clamore fatiscat' (v. 521), the last 14 lines being in a 16th-cent. hand. Collated as 'F' in the Teubner edition.
Date
Written in the 2nd half of the 15th century in Italy
Language
Latin
Physical facet
On parchment, binding, blind-tooled brown leather, with illuminated capitals and border (fol. 1)
Physical extent
80 Leaves
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Collection contents
The Silvae of Statius
