Boccaccio, Federigo Frezzi — 15th century, second half; Italian, north (Bologna?)
MS. Canon. Ital. 46
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Boccaccio, Federigo Frezzi — 15th century, second half; Italian, north (Bologna?)
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Ital. 46
Place of origin
Italian, north (Bologna?)
Date
15th century, second half
Language
Italian
Contents
Form
codex
Support
Paper. One main stock, folded in quarto; watermark, cardinal's hat with knot and two annular tassels (cf. Piccard Online 31983, WZIS DE4860-Ms50_16). Fols. 1, 10, 71, 80 are replacement leaves, folded in quarto, fols. 1 and 10 with a scissors watermark. Fol. 81 from a different stock, folded in octavo, no watermark visible.
Physical extent
ii + 82 + iileaves (fol. i is conjoint with the left pastedown; fols. ii and 83 are early-modern paper endleaves; fol. 82 is an original paper endleaf, not watermarked; fol. 84 is conjoint with the right pastedown)
Hands
Cursive book script by one distinctive hand, except for the replacement leaves (fols. 1, 10, 71, 80)
Replacement leaves (fols. 1, 10, 71, 80) in humanistic script.
Decoration
Coat of arms, fol. 1.
4-line gold initial, fol. 1r.
Otherwise plain 1-line initials in alternating red and blue at the beginning of stanzas.
Binding
Parchment over pasteboard, with pastedowns of carta bassanese, a typical style of Jacopo Soranzo. Title written on the tail.
Acquisition
Purchased by the Bodleian in 1817
Provenance
Pächt and Alexander's dating and localization (Bologna, late 15th century) were presumably inferred from the early provenance, but the coat of arms appears on a replacement leaf (fol. 1).
Arms of the Bentivoglio family of Bologna, between letters I. O., fol. 1r: Giovanni II Bentivoglio, 1443-1508 (?).
Jacopo Soranzo: typical binding; identifiable in the catalogue of his manuscripts (374 in quarto).
Matteo Luigi Canonici, 1727–1805
Giuseppe Canonici , -1807
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Title
Boccaccio, Ninfale Fiesolano and Federigo Frezzi, Quadriregno (ch. 1 only)
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Ital. 46
Date
15th century, end
Language
Italian
Physical extent
1 volume
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Collection contents
Canonici Italian
Boccaccio, Ninfale Fiesolano and Federigo Frezzi, Quadriregno (ch. 1 only)
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Connections
People associated with this object
- Bentivoglio family of Bologna
- Giovanni II Bentivoglio, 1443-1508
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Soranzo, Giacomo, 1686-1761
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Canonici, Giuseppe (d. 1807)
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Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375
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Frezzi, Federico, approximately 1346-1416
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Canonici, Matteo Luigi, 1727-1805
