Boccaccio — 14th century, end; Italian, Bologna
MS. Canon. Misc. 58
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Boccaccio — 14th century, end; Italian, Bologna
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Misc. 58
Associated place
Italian
Place of origin
Italian, Bologna
Date
14th century, end
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Decoration
Fine historiated initials.
Fine other initials. Close to the style of Zebo da Firenze. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 131, pl. XIII)
Binding
15th century, Italian: heavy wood boards, with broad bevel; reddish-brown leather, blind-tooled with quintuple lines, stamps and strapwork; traces of two lost fore-edge clasps with broad straps; paper label with 15th-century ink title at back cover, upper centre; spine lost. Crudely rebacked with parchment, ?18th century, Italian; further repairs, late 19th or 20th century, Bodleian. 287–290 203–204 c. 30 (book closed).
Acquisition
Purchased by the Bodleian in 1817
Provenance
Matteo Luigi Canonici, 1727–1805
Giuseppe Canonici , -1807
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Title
Boccaccio, De mulieribus claris
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Misc. 58
Date
14th century, end
Language
Latin
Physical extent
1 volume
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Collection contents
Canonici Miscellaneous
Boccaccio, De mulieribus claris
