Dante, Bernardus de Canaccio, Menghino Mezzani (attrib.) — 14th century, late, or 15th century, early; Italian (Florence(?): see Pächt and Alexander)

Title

Dante, Bernardus de Canaccio, Menghino Mezzani (attrib.) — 14th century, late, or 15th century, early; Italian (Florence(?): see Pächt and Alexander)

Shelfmark

MS. Canon. Ital. 97

Place of origin

Italian (Florence(?): see Pächt and Alexander)

Date

14th century, late, or 15th century, early

Language

Italian

Latin

Contents

Form

codex

Support

parchment

Physical extent

i (unfoliated modern paper endleaf) + 1 + 192 + 1 + i (unfoliated modern paper endleaf) leaves

Hands

Uniform Italian hybrida (single-compartment a, f and s below the baseline, b, k, h, l without loops, uncial d)

Decoration

Fine initials. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 207, pl. XIX): 10-line initial, fol. 2r, 5-6 line initials, fols. 66r, 129r.

3-line penwork initials (alternating red and blue, with flourishing in the contrasting colour) at the beginning of each canto.

Majuscules at the beginning of each terza stroked in yellow.

Binding

19th-century library binding.

Acquisition

Purchased by the Bodleian in 1817

Provenance

Matteo Luigi Canonici, 1727–1805: source of acquisition not known.

Giuseppe Canonici , -1807

Title

Dante, Divine comedy and Bernardus de Canatro (Canaccio), Poems

Shelfmark

MS. Canon. Ital. 97

Date

c. 1400

Language

Italian

Latin

Physical extent

1 volume