Aristotle — 1418; Crete
MS. Bywater 4
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Aristotle — 1418; Crete
Shelfmark
MS. Bywater 4
Place of origin
Crete
Date
1418
Language
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
Contents
Form
codex
Support
paper
Physical extent
192 leaves
Hands
Written by Johannes Chionopoulos
Decoration
Titles and initials in vermillion
Headpieces in penwork accompanied by initials with penwork executed by the scribe at the beginning of each new section of text.
Binding
Italian 19th-century half-binding of parchment
Acquisition
Bequeathed by him to the Bodleian in 1915
Provenance
Written by Johannes Chionopoulus, perhaps commissioned by Francesco Barbaro
Marginal annotations by Ermolao Barbaro the younger (d. 1493), fols. 4r-57v
G. B. Mittarelli, MS. 70
Pietro Girometti, MS. 13
Prince Baldassare Boncompangi
Ingram Bywater
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