John of Damascus — 15th century, second half; Italian, Florence (?)
MS. Holkham misc. 4
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
John of Damascus — 15th century, second half; Italian, Florence (?)
Shelfmark
MS. Holkham misc. 4
Place of origin
Italian, Florence (?)
Date
15th century, second half
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
Paper; watermark fleur-de-lis, cf. Briquet 7312.
Physical extent
ii + 123 leaves
Hands
Written in a poor humanistic hand
Decoration
Gold initials on blue, green, and rose grounds at the beginning of books (fols. 1r, 18r, 48r, 88r). (Pächt and Alexander ii. 319)
These initials with partial borders of leaf and flower design.
Other initials in plain blue.
Binding
19th-century polished brown leather; the Coke crest in gilt on the upper cover; the spine lettered in gilt 'JOHANNES | DANASCENI | ORTHODOX | FIDEI || A | BURGUNDO | JUDICE | TRAD. || MS. | SÆC. XV.
Provenance
Inscribed 'Ego magister paulus de monelia sacri apostolici palacii magister do licenciam ut presens opus iohannis damasceni imprimatur in cuius testimonium manu propria hic me subscripsi 1495 die 2o julii' (fol. 121r); the edition was apparently not published.
Bernardo Trevisan , Venice (?) (Hassall, 1970, 24 n. 11).
Thomas William Coke (1754–1842) , with his bookplate; formerly Norfolk, Holkham Hall, MS. 83.
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