Matteo Maria Boiardo — 15th century, end; Italian, North-east (?)

Title

Matteo Maria Boiardo — 15th century, end; Italian, North-east (?)

Shelfmark

MS. Canon. Ital. 47

Associated place

Italian

Place of origin

Italian, North-east (?)

Date

15th century, end

Language

Italian

Contents

Form

codex

Support

parchment

Hands

Humanistic script. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 914)

Decoration

Good initials. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 914)

Binding

17th century or 18th century, Italian: limp parchment wrapper, originally stiffened with paper paste-downs which were later lifted; covers attached by laced-in endbands of tawed leather, formerly oversewn with green silk; traces of two lost sets of fore-edge ties, possibly of tawed leather; edges plain; perhaps bound for an owner whose flourished signature was cut out from the front flyleaf at fol. [ii]. Repairs, 20th century?, for Bodleian: new stiffening of coarse paper added inside the covers; new parchment spine. 232–234 150–152 c. 10 (book closed).

Acquisition

Purchased by the Bodleian in 1817

Provenance

Matteo Luigi Canonici, 1727–1805

Giuseppe Canonici , -1807

Title

Matteo Maria Boiardo, Rime amorose

Shelfmark

MS. Canon. Ital. 47

Date

15th century, end

Language

Italian

Physical extent

1 volume