Virgil — 15th century
MS. Canon. Class. Lat. 48
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Virgil — 15th century
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Class. Lat. 48
Associated place
Bodleian Libraries, Oxford
Date
15th century
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
Paper in quarto format, with watermark of a cross atop a circle, with the base of the cross bisecting the circle. Resembles Piccard DE4860-Ms1163_310.
Physical extent
i + 40 + ileaves.
Hands
Southern Textualis, black ink, fols. 1r–37r.
Southern Textualis, black ink, fols. 37v–40v.
Decoration
Coloured initials in red ink between two and five lines in height found on fols. 1r, 3r, 12v, and 24v.
Initials stroked with red ink on fols. 1r–8v.
Catchwords embellished in the ink of the text on fols. 8v, 16v, and 24v.
Enlarged, centred text found on fol. 12r.
Unfilled space at a height of four lines left for a coloured initial on fol. 35v.
Acquisition
Purchased by the Bodleian in 1817
Provenance
Matteo Luigi Canonici, 1727–1805
Giuseppe Canonici , -1807
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Title
Virgil, Aeneid (bk.i- bk. iv line 374)
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Class. Lat. 48
Date
15th century
Language
Latin
Physical extent
1 volume
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Collection contents
Canonici Latin Classical
Virgil, Aeneid (bk.i- bk. iv line 374)
