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Petrus de Abano, Nicholaus de Aquila, William the Englishman, Hyginus, Apuleius — 15th century, end; Italian, Florence (?)

MS. Canon. Misc. 46

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Title

Petrus de Abano, Nicholaus de Aquila, William the Englishman, Hyginus, Apuleius — 15th century, end; Italian, Florence (?)

Shelfmark

MS. Canon. Misc. 46

Associated place

Italian

Florence

Place of origin

Italian, Florence (?)

Date

15th century, end

Language

Latin

Contents

Petrus de Abano Liber physionomiae
Petrus de Abano De uenenis
Nicholaus de Aquila Compendium medicinalis astrologiae
William the Englishman De urina non uisa
Medical texts
Astronomical text
Geomantic text
8. fols. 93–139. Hyginus Astronomica
Apuleius De mundo

Form

codex

Support

paper

Decoration

Good miniatures (drawings) on fols. 93–139. Epigraphic capitals and humanistic script characteristic of North-east Italy. On fol. 47 the letters D.O.L.S.IN. and on fol. 134 D.M.O.Q.I. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 330, pl. XXX)

Binding

15th century, end, Italian (as MS., ?Florence): wood boards; reddish-brown leather with blind lines and strapwork tooling, forming a narrow diamond pattern within a panel; spine cross-hatched with triple lines; remains of four clasps, with star-headed nails and trefoil-shaped flat-metal catch-plates extant, but leather straps lost. Endleaves of carta bassanese added, 18th century, Italian, for Jacopo Soranzo (= Sor. 309 in folio). 299–300 c. 163–166 c. 48 (book closed).

Acquisition

Purchased by the Bodleian in 1817

Provenance

Matteo Luigi Canonici, 1727–1805

Giuseppe Canonici , -1807

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Title

Medical

Shelfmark

MS. Canon. Misc. 46

Summary

Petrus de Abano, Liber physionomiae

Petrus de Abano, De uenenis

Nicholaus de Aquila, Compendium medicinalis astrologiae

William the Englishman, De urina non uisa

Medical texts

Astronomical text

Geomantic text

Hyginus, Astronomica

Apuleius, De mundo

Date

15th century, end

Language

Latin

Physical extent

1 volume

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Collection contents

Canonici Manuscripts

Canonici Miscellaneous

Medical

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  • William, of Marseille, active 1150-1219

  • Canonici, Matteo Luigi, 1727-1805

  • Apuleius

  • Canonici, Giuseppe (d. 1807)

  • Hyginus, C. Julius

  • Petrus, de Abano, approximately 1250-approximately 1315

  • Nicolaus, de Paganica, 1330-1371

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