Bible — 1427 [? – 1428]; Dalmatia, Kotor (Cattaro)
MS. Canon. Bibl. Lat. 38
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Bible — 1427 [? – 1428]; Dalmatia, Kotor (Cattaro)
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Bibl. Lat. 38
Place of origin
Dalmatia, Kotor (Cattaro)
Date
1427 [? – 1428]
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
349 folios
Hands
Written by Johannes de Luxa, who also wrote MS. Canon. Ital. 223 in 1442; colophons by him in other manuscripts show that he was chancellor of Kotor.
Decoration
Fine historiated initials (coloured pen drawings). Same style as Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum MS. 301, written by Johannes in 1423 for Francesco Foscari, doge of Venice (Pächt and Alexander ii. 458, pl. XLV)
Coloured initials (some historiated), rubrics.
Acquisition
Purchased by the Bodleian in 1817
Provenance
Arms of Grifo of Venice (argent, a griffin rampant gules) in many of the initials.
Matteo Luigi Canonici, 1727–1805
Giuseppe Canonici , -1807
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Title
Bible
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Bibl. Lat. 38
Date
c. 1427-1428
Language
Latin
Physical extent
1 volume
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Collection contents
Canonici Latin Biblical
Bible
