Livy — c. 1450; Italian, Naples (?)
MS. Lat. class. e. 52
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Livy — c. 1450; Italian, Naples (?)
Shelfmark
MS. Lat. class. e. 52
Place of origin
Italian, Naples (?)
Date
c. 1450
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Decoration
Painted initials.
Acquisition
Bought by the Bodleian through Quaritch at Sotheby's, 11 Dec. 1984, lot 51. Other leaves from the same MS. were (i) bought from Quaritch, cat. 1036 (July 1984), item 5; (ii) given by the Walter Clinton Jackson Library, University of North Carolina, April 1996. Photocopies of other dispersed leaves are in MS. Lat. class. e. 53.
Provenance
Written by Giacomo Curlo of Genoa (attribution by A. C. de la Mare), who also wrote and signed MS. Canon. Class. Lat. 274
Sotheby's, 23–4 Jan. 1950, lot 461, bought by Maggs for £44.
Otto Ege (on whom see Sotheby's 26 Nov. 1985, introduction to lots 39 ff.)
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