Federico Frezzi — 15th century; Italy
MS. Canon. Ital. 37
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Federico Frezzi — 15th century; Italy
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Ital. 37
Place of origin
Italy
Date
15th century
Language
Italian
Contents
Form
codex
Support
Paper, folded in folio (not examined fully for the present description, but apparently more than one stock; watermark(s) often indistinct, fol. 45r unicorn). Fols. ii-iii with watermark 'letter M', cf. Briquet 8371 (Modena, 1481/3).
Physical extent
i (conjoint with pastedown, unfoliated) + i (paper endleaf of the date of the binding) + ii (paper endleaves from an earlier binding) + 174 + i (paper endleaf of the date of the binding, unfoliated) + i (conjoint with pastedown, unfoliated)
Hands
Humanistic script.
Decoration
Spaces for initials left unfilled: 12 lines on fol. 3r; 9 lines at the beginning of other books; 6 lines at the beginning of chapters.
Rubrics in red.
Binding
Parchment over pasteboard, with pastedowns of carta bassanese, a typical style of Jacopo Soranzo.
Fols. ii-iii are endleaves from an earlier binding, perhaps 15th century (watermark 'letter M', cf. Briquet 8371 (Modena, 1481/3)).
Acquisition
Purchased by the Bodleian in 1817
Provenance
Jacopo Soranzo: typical binding; identifiable in the catalogue of his manuscripts (1007 in folio).
Matteo Luigi Canonici, 1727–1805
Giuseppe Canonici , -1807
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Title
Federico Frezzi, Il quadriregno
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Ital. 37
Date
15th century
Language
Italian
Physical extent
1 volume
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Collection contents
Canonici Italian
Federico Frezzi, Il quadriregno
