Cicero — 15th century; Italian
MS. Lat. class. e. 42
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Cicero — 15th century; Italian
Shelfmark
MS. Lat. class. e. 42
Place of origin
Italian
Date
15th century
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
paper, no watermark
Physical extent
i (parchment) + 107 + i (parchment) (101–108 blank)
Hands
Several humanist hands
Binding
Sewn on two broad split tanned straps and bound in 19th(?)-cent polished dark brown blind-tooled leather with over wood boards in imiation of older bindings, each cover with a gilt nude female figure; the spine letered in gilt 'CICERO | M.S.'
Acquisition
Bought, 1957
Provenance
Inscribed, 18th(?)-cent. 'No. 32.' (fol. 1r).
Lord Vernon of Sudbury Hall, Derbyshire, his sale, Sotheby's 10 June 1918 and two following days, lot 140, bought by Stewart Cr(???), for £1
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