Strabo — 15th century, end
MS. Canon. Gr. 78
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Strabo — 15th century, end
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Gr. 78
Associated place
Italian
Date
15th century, end
Language
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
Contents
Form
codex
Support
paper
Binding
16th century, first half, Italian, alla Greca (as MS., by a Greek scribe working in Italy): wood boards with grooved edges; red leather, with an all-over design mostly in blind tooling with stamps including a sunburst and a Persian-style cartouche, also dotted with a small leaf-tool in gilt; spine with blind cross-hatching; remnants of four clasps (all lost), running from back cover to metal edge-pegs at front (one surviving); endbands extended to provide modest ‘shoulders’ in Greek style. 330–332 c. 220 c. 62–63 (book closed).
Acquisition
Purchased by the Bodleian in 1817
Provenance
Matteo Luigi Canonici, 1727–1805
Giuseppe Canonici , -1807
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Title
Strabo, Geography
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Gr. 78
Date
15th century, end
Language
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
Physical extent
1 volume
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Collection contents
Canonici Greek
Strabo, Geography
