Iohannes Bessarion, works; Italy (Rome), 1467
MS. Holkham misc. 13
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Description
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Title
Iohannes Bessarion, works; Italy (Rome), 1467
Shelfmark
MS. Holkham misc. 13
Place of origin
Italian, Rome
Date
1467
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
Paper. Watermarks: mermaid, cf. Briquet, no. 13888, eagle in circle, cf. Briquet, no. 202, cross-bow, cf. Briquet, no. 746.
Physical extent
iii (modern paper) + 175 + iii (modern paper) leaves.
Hands
Written in Humanistic italic script, by three hands: (i) fols. 1r-33r; (ii) 33r-39v; (iii) fols. 40r-175r.
Decoration
Plain red initials
Binding
Brown polished and diced leather over pasteboards; the upper cover stamped in gilt with the Coke crest; the spine lettered in gilt 'BESSARIONIS | CARD. | OPUSCULA || M.S.'
Provenance
Written in Rome in 1467, with a colophon: 'Rome pridie nonas Quintiles anno salutis MºCCCCºLXVIIº pontificis vero maximi Pauli secundi Veneti tercio' (fol. 175r); and inscribed in a more formal hand 'Cardinalis Nicenus de Spiritus Sancti gratia opuscula' (fol. 175v).
Bookplate of ' THOMAS WILLIAM COKE ' (1754–1842), and signed 'Ths. Wilm. Coke' (fol. 1r); formerly Norfolk, Holkham Hall, MS. 117.
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