Basinio de' Basini of Parma — 1457–1468; Italian, Rimini

Title

Basinio de' Basini of Parma — 1457–1468; Italian, Rimini

Shelfmark

MS. Canon. Class. Lat. 81

Place of origin

Italian, Rimini

Date

1457–1468

Language

Latin

Contents

Form

codex

Support

parchment

Hands

Humanistic script. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 830)

Decoration

Fine miniatures. fol. 2r Type miniature Subject Soldiers building tents; king on horseback, surrounded by companions on horseback, followed by an army of soldiers on foot and on horseback. Type miniature Subject Two horsemen in fine dress with lances approach each other, followed by their armies on foot and on horseback. fol. 16r Type miniature Subject Siege of a walled city. fol. 16v Type miniature Subject Galleys on sea. fol. 27r Type miniature Subject Siege of a walled city; galleys approaching the shore and engaging in battle with armoured soldiers on horseback. fol. 37v Type miniature Subject Army with leader on horseback, in laurel wreath, approaches a walled city; citizens with branches wait by the gate; sea with galleys in the background. fol. 49v Type miniature Subject Military camp. fol. 50 Type miniature Subject Army with leader on horseback, in laurel wreath, marching through a field; hills and walled city in the background. fol. 60v Type miniature Subject Army leader on horseback, in laurel wreath, speaks to two messengers (?); soldiers on foot and on horseback; three young men on horseback with two dogs in the foreground. fol. 61r Type miniature Subject Army with leader, in laurel wreath, enters a city; inside the city a crowd of men watch two men wrestling (?). fol. 70r Type miniature Subject Galley with sailors on sea; small island with trees and birds; another galley at a distance. fol. 70v Type miniature Subject Wrecked galley; sailors in water clinging to barrels and pieces of wood. fol. 82v Type miniature Subject Shipwrecked man, clinging to a piece of wood, is washed out on the shore; hills, trees with birds, fox, walled city in the background. fol. 83r Type miniature Subject Island with castle, woman sitting under trees, birds, animals and three badly damaged human figures. fol. 91r Type miniature Subject Man, preparing to strike a lamb and a calf with a club next to a cave with burning fire; a bearded man with a book speaking to two young men; a standing woman addressing three women seated on grass under trees; armoured soldiers; a young man with a bow and musical instrument and a group of men in long tunics and cloaks. fol. 100v Type miniature Subject Marching army; galleys on sea; rain and rainbow. fol. 112v Type miniature Subject Marching army; river; a group of riders; castles; walled city; harbour with boats. fol. 119v Type miniature Subject Battle scene. fol. 120r Type miniature Subject Siege of a walled city; sea with galleys (upper part), marching army (lower part). fol. 137r Type miniature Subject Maisons and builders at work on a half-finished classical building.

Fine borders. fol. 1r Type full border Subject Floral designs, putti, bird (added). fol. 2r Type border, lower margin Subject Floral designs, bird. fol. 16v Type border, lower margin Subject Floral designs, putto, rabbit. fol. 27r Type border, lower margin Subject Floral designs, putto. fol. 37v Type border, lower margin Subject Floral designs, putto, bird. fol. 50 Type border, lower margin Subject Floral designs, putti. fol. 61r Type border, lower margin Subject Floral designs. fol. 70v Type border, lower margin Subject Floral designs; putti. Type border, lower margin Subject Interlace; floral designs. fol. 91v Type border, upper and left margins Subject Floral designs, putti. fol. 100v Type border, right margin Subject Interlace; floral designs; putti. fol. 112v Type border, right margin Subject Interlace; floral designs; birds. fol. 120r Type border, right margin Subject Interlace; floral designs. fol. 137r Type border, right margin Subject Interlace; floral designs; putto.

Fine initials. By Giovanni di Bartolo Bettini da Fano . (Pächt and Alexander ii. 830, pl. LXXV)

fol. 83r Type drawing, right margin Subject Putto, riding a bird.

Acquisition

Purchased by the Bodleian in 1817

Provenance

Matteo Luigi Canonici, 1727–1805

Giuseppe Canonici , -1807

Title

Basinio de' Basini of Parma, Hesperides

Shelfmark

MS. Canon. Class. Lat. 81

Date

1457-1468

Language

Latin

Physical extent

1 volume