Ambrose — 12th century, third quarter; Italian, Lombardy
MS. Canon. Pat. Lat. 214
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Ambrose — 12th century, third quarter; Italian, Lombardy
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Pat. Lat. 214
Associated place
Italian
Place of origin
Italian, Lombardy
Date
12th century, third quarter
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Decoration
Fine initials. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 50, pl. V)
Binding
18th century, Italian, a standard binding style for manuscripts from the Cistercian abbey of Morimondo, nr. Milan (cf. MS. Canon. Pat. Lat. 212): pasteboards; light reddish-brown leather of poor quality (delaminating), minimally tooled with triple blind lines round edges and vertically near spine, and in cross-hatching on spine; title written in ink on spine, 18th century, by the same hand as on MS. Canon. Pat. Lat. 212; fore-edge (only) painted in a regular pattern of large red triangles, perhaps a left-over from a previous binding, as are certainly the holes left on fol. 164 (last leaf of text) by the pins for two former strap-and-pin clasps. 332–335 220–223 c. 70 (book closed).
Acquisition
Purchased by the Bodleian in 1817
Provenance
Contemporary ex libris of Morimondo. No. 'XXI' added.
Matteo Luigi Canonici, 1727–1805
Giuseppe Canonici , -1807
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Title
Ambrose: Explanatio super Psalmos XII and De apologia prophetae Dauid
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Pat. Lat. 214
Date
12th century, third quarter
Language
Latin
Physical extent
1 volume
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Collection contents
Canonici Latin Patristic
Ambrose: Explanatio super Psalmos XII and De apologia prophetae Dauid
