Ps.-Roger Bacon — 15th century, middle; Italian, Central (decoration) (?)

Title

Ps.-Roger Bacon — 15th century, middle; Italian, Central (decoration) (?)

Shelfmark

MS. Bodl. 211

Place of origin

Italian, Central (decoration) (?)

Date

15th century, middle

Language

Latin

Contents

Form

codex

Support

parchment

Decoration

Fine miniatures (tinted drawings). Script, parchment and initials, not Italian. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 251, pl. XXIII) p. iii Type drawing Subject Ink sketch of a kneeling monk, holding a book (in the same position as Roger Bacon on fol. 1r). p. 1 Type miniature Subject Drawing in camaieu gris, tinged with brown and pale pink, showing Roger Bacon, kneeling, presenting a book to a noble patron, seated in a cloistered alcove, surrounded by attendants. Second kneeling figure behind Bacon. p. 5 Type miniature Subject Drawing in camaieu gris, tinged with brown, showing seated Roger Bacon and a standing figure in long robes, holding a tall vessel. Book, pen and ink on a table neadby. Interior view of an alter with triptych. Top left window has a figure, holding an instrument, perhaps astrolabe. On wall bracket, statuette of a seated figure. Garden outside.

Binding

Soft red leather on parchment boards, French (?) 15th cent. work, worn, in American cloth cover.

Acquisition

Presented by sir Henry Savilein 1620.

Provenance

'More meditere mori', 16th cent.: so someone named More probably possessed the work, though 'more' may represent μwρε.