Virgil — 15th century; Italian
MS. Canon. Ital. 233
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Virgil — 15th century; Italian
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Ital. 233
Associated place
Italian
Place of origin
Italian
Date
15th century
Language
Italian
Contents
Form
codex
Support
paper
Binding
15th century?, Italian: wood boards with outside bevel, rounded corners as textblock; quarter-binding of dark brown leather stretching nearly halfway across each bare board, secured by a vertical line of 1+7+1 star-headed nails with leather edging; undecorated; remnants of one fore-edge clasp with strap of red velvet (lost), running to a trefoil-shaped catch-plate (itself a replacement?) partly surviving on the back cover. Later repairs and blank endleaves, 18th century?, Italian. 220–224 145–149 c. 30 (book closed).
Acquisition
Purchased by the Bodleian in 1817
Provenance
Matteo Luigi Canonici, 1727–1805
Giuseppe Canonici , -1807
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Title
Virgil, Aeneid (Italian translation by Andrea Lancia of the Latin prose version by Fr. Anastasio OFM)
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Ital. 233
Date
15th century
Language
Italian
Physical extent
1 volume
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Collection contents
Canonici Italian
Virgil, Aeneid (Italian translation by Andrea Lancia of the Latin prose version by Fr. Anastasio OFM)
