Flavio Biondo — 15th century (after 1452); northern Italy
MS. Laud Misc. 718
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Flavio Biondo — 15th century (after 1452); northern Italy
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Misc. 718
Date
15th century (after 1452)
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
paper, folded in quarto; watermark two crossed arrows with plumes (type Piccard Online 123340-123362)
Physical extent
i + 38 + 1 leaves
Hands
Formal humanistic script; one hand.
Decoration
Space for initials (6-line, fol. 1r; 4-line, fol. 1v) not filled in.
Binding
Limp vellum binding.
Acquisition
Part of his second donation to the Bodleian, 1636.
Provenance
One of eight manuscripts in their original Italian bindings from an unidentified collection, acquired for William Laud perhaps in Venice, and with a number on the front cover, here 54 (Quarto Catalogue, pp. xx-xxi)
William Laud, 1573-1645: acquired 1635.
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Title
Flavio Biondo, De origine et gestis Venetorum siue Consultatio an bellum uel pax cum Turcis magis reipublicae Venetae expediat
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Misc. 718
Date
15th century
Language
Latin
Physical facet
Limp vellum binding
Physical extent
33 Leaves
Custodial history
On cover, 54. Title on back cover, upside down. Manuscript 2275 acquired by the Bodleian Library
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Collection contents
Flavio Biondo, De origine et gestis Venetorum siue Consultatio an bellum uel pax cum Turcis magis reipublicae Venetae expediat
