John of Freiburg — 13th century - 14th century; Italian
MS. Lat. th. b. 8
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
John of Freiburg — 13th century - 14th century; Italian
Shelfmark
MS. Lat. th. b. 8
Place of origin
Italian
Date
13th century - 14th century
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
282 leaves
Hands
Rounded gothic bookhand
Decoration
Coloured initials with penwork.
Binding
Medieval binding. Sewn on eight thick split straps, entering the outer face of the wood board, and converging in pairs along V-shaped channels on the inner face of the board, to be secured by four wood pegs; the edges of rthe boards slightly bevelled; the upper board with traces of a white leather covering, a pair of clasps at the fore-edge, and a rust-stained chain-staple(?) hole at the lower edge, towards the spine; the lower board split in two vertically; the inner faces of the boards with slight offsets of writing, presumably from pastedowns no longer extant
Provenance
Annotated by early readers
Given by N. R. Ker, 1975. Formerly Dep. b. 8.
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