Michael Aiguani de Bononia O.Carm. — early 15th century, in part c. 1414; Italian, Bologna (?)
MS. Holkham misc. 11
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Michael Aiguani de Bononia O.Carm. — early 15th century, in part c. 1414; Italian, Bologna (?)
Shelfmark
MS. Holkham misc. 11
Place of origin
Italian, Bologna (?)
Date
early 15th century, in part c. 1414
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
Parchment.
Physical extent
iii (paper) + 172 + iii (paper)
Hands
Gothic
Decoration
Fine initials. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 647, pl. LXIII)
White and brown initials on blue and gold grounds at beginning of books, fol. 109ff.
The rest red with mauve and blue with red penwork.
Binding
Polished and diced brown leather over pasteboards, the upper cover stamped in gilt with the Coke crest; the spine lettered in gilt 'MICHÆLIS | DE | BONONIA | SENTENTIÆ | ET | DIVISIONES' and 'MS | SEC. XIV', and with the number '161' at the bottom.
Provenance
The erasures at the end of the works probably covered the date and place of writing; those on fols. 140v and 153v include the date 1414.
Formerly Norfolk, Holkham Hall, MS. 161.
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