Ovid — 15th century
MS. Canon. Class. Lat. 6
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Ovid — 15th century
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Class. Lat. 6
Associated place
Bodleian Libraries, Oxford
Date
15th century
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
paper
Physical extent
iii + 1 (foliated as 1) + 99 (foliated as 2–100) + 1 + iiipaper leaves.
Hands
One hand, humanistic.
Decoration
Penwork initials on fols. 2, 13, 25, 67, 80, 92v.
Later leadpoint sketched faces in profile, often with prominent noses, found on fols. 40, 45, 47, and 85.
Manucula of varying types, in leadpoint and ink, on fols. 9, 19, 59, 63, 67, 77v, 79r, 88v, 89r, 89v, 92v.
Line fillers on fols. 69, 71, and 88.
Acquisition
Purchased by the Bodleian in 1817
Provenance
Matteo Luigi Canonici, 1727–1805
Giuseppe Canonici , -1807
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Title
Ovid, Metamorphoses (I-IX)
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Class. Lat. 6
Date
15th century
Language
Latin
Physical extent
1 volume
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Collection contents
Canonici Latin Classical
Ovid, Metamorphoses (I-IX)
