Giovanbattista Palatino — after 1541; Italian, Rome
MS. Canon. Ital. 196
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Giovanbattista Palatino — after 1541; Italian, Rome
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Ital. 196
Associated place
Italian
Place of origin
Italian, Rome
Date
after 1541
Language
Spanish
Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)
Italian
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Decoration
Miniatures (coloured drawings)
Initials. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 1010, pl. LXXXIII)
Binding
16th century or 17th century, Italian: limp parchment wrapper, comprising a fragment of one leaf of a large choirbook with music and formal Roman script (16th century?, Italian), folded over with the text on the obscured inner side only, to provide large turn-ins which help stiffen the wrapper; no decoration, edges plain; endbands laced in at the corners. Most of the wrapper’s outside edges have a line of regular holes (minute cuts rather than pinholes), possibly the attachment-points for some further (fabric?) covering, now lost. Textblock comprises calligraphic specimens grouped by size, smallest at front. 175 232–233 c. 32 (landscape format, book closed).
Acquisition
Purchased by the Bodleian in 1817
Provenance
Matteo Luigi Canonici, 1727–1805
Giuseppe Canonici , -1807
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Title
Giovanbattista Palatino, Writing book
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Ital. 196
Date
After 1541
Language
Spanish
Italian
French
Latin
Physical extent
1 volume
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Collection contents
Canonici Italian
Giovanbattista Palatino, Writing book
