Walter Burley, Ps.-Seneca — 15th century; Italian
MS. Bywater 12
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Walter Burley, Ps.-Seneca — 15th century; Italian
Shelfmark
MS. Bywater 12
Place of origin
Italian
Date
15th century
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
Paper, watermark steer's head (cf. Briquet no. 14765).
Physical extent
v (modern) + 50 + v (modern)
Hands
Written in a small somewhat cursive bookhand.
Decoration
Headings in red.
Plain red initials.
Binding
Sewn on four(?) cords, and bound in three-quarter green leather and mottled brown and yellow paper over pasteboards, presumably for Bywater (cf. MS. Bywater 5); the spine with five false raised bands, and lettered in gilt 'BURLEY | DE | VITA | PHILOS.' and 'MS.' in the secoond and third compartments; mottled brown and yellow endpapers; the top edge of the leaves gilt
Acquisition
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1915, and with an obsolete Bodleian shelfmark 'Byw.K.9.23' on fols. i verso and 1r; formerly assigned the Summary catalogueno. 40044, also now obsolete.
Provenance
Ingram Bywater ; inscribed in pencil with his Elenchusno. on fol. iv, 'By. | 721';
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