Aristotle — 1434; Italian, Florence
MS. Canon. Class. Lat. 187
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Aristotle — 1434; Italian, Florence
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Class. Lat. 187
Associated place
Italian
Florence
Place of origin
Italian, Florence
Date
1434
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
i + 107 + ii fols.
Hands
Humanistic script attributable to Domenico di Niccolò Pollini . (Pächt and Alexander ii. 218
Decoration
Fine initials. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 218, pl. XIX)
Binding
15th century, second quarter, Italian, Florence (as MS.): wood boards; reddish-brown leather, blind-tooled with lines, dots and strapwork to form an eight-point star as centrepiece (Islamic influence?), and spine cross-hatched with double lines and dots in diaper pattern; remnants of two clasps with lost straps of blue patterned fabric; edges plain, trace of ink title. 268 178 c. 33–36 (book closed).
Acquisition
Purchased by the Bodleian in 1817
Provenance
'Iste liber est mei Rafael de Carena nova (?) [Canenavena (?), Canenanona (?), Canenanova (?)] qui vadit ad scolas domini Antonii de Camarino, qui est bonus magister in sua gramaticha et in sua sciencia et unum modichum famtastichus', 15th century, fol. 109v.
Matteo Luigi Canonici, 1727–1805
Giuseppe Canonici , -1807
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Title
Aristotle, Ethics (tr. Leonardo Bruni)
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Class. Lat. 187
Date
1434
Language
Latin
Physical extent
1 volume
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Collection contents
Canonici Latin Classical
Aristotle, Ethics (tr. Leonardo Bruni)
