Gregory Nazianzen — 11th century, middle; Byzantine, Constantinople
MS. Canon. Gr. 74
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Gregory Nazianzen — 11th century, middle; Byzantine, Constantinople
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Gr. 74
Associated place
Italian
Venice
Place of origin
Byzantine, Constantinople
Date
11th century, middle
Language
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Decoration
Ornamental strips at the beginnings of homilies.
Decorated initials at the beginnings of homilies.
Binding
18th century, second half, Italian, Venice, for Canonici: pasteboards; lightly diced brown leather with triple gilt lines and blind-roll tooling around cover-edges; spine with gilt lines and gilt red-leather label; edges stained red; decorative paste-downs raked with a bold red wavy pattern. 327–332 224–228 c. 120 (book closed).
Metal fittings, inherited from an earlier binding: large rosette centrepieces and trefoil- or lily-shaped corner-pieces of brass, flat after removal of small circular domes. Probably from an intermediate binding made in Venice c. 1420 for Antonio Altamura to present in 1422 to the Abbey of San Salvatore, Messina.
Acquisition
Purchased by the Bodleian in 1817
Provenance
Matteo Luigi Canonici, 1727–1805
Giuseppe Canonici , -1807
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Title
Gregory Nazianzen, Orationes
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Gr. 74
Date
11th century, middle
Language
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
Physical extent
1 volume
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Collection contents
Canonici Greek
Gregory Nazianzen, Orationes
