Legal instrument by which Massa, diocese of Imola, brings itself under the protection of Florence — 1490; Italian, Florence
MS. Canon. Misc. 275
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Legal instrument by which Massa, diocese of Imola, brings itself under the protection of Florence — 1490; Italian, Florence
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Misc. 275
Associated place
Massa
Italian
Florence
Place of origin
Italian, Florence
Date
1490
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
5 + iii fols.
Hands
Written in humanistic script. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 333)
Decoration
Miniature (coloured drawing). Attested by Johannes Bartholomei de Guidis 'officialis et scriba reformationum', Florence. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 333)
Binding
15th century, late, Italian (as MS.): wood boards; quarter-binding of red leather (discoloured to brown), fixed halfway across each bare board with vertical rows of 1+5+1 nails and lost edging strips; remains of a central clasp, with lost strap of multi-coloured brocade; lion emblem of Florence painted on the front paste-down. Lost intermediate repairs to spine; rebacked, 20th century, Bodleian, retaining about half of original spine. 227–231 145–146 c. 13 (book closed).
Acquisition
Purchased by the Bodleian in 1817
Provenance
Matteo Luigi Canonici, 1727–1805
Giuseppe Canonici , -1807
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Title
Legal instrument by which Massa, diocese of Imola, brings itself under the protection of Florence
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Misc. 275
Date
1490
Language
Latin
Physical extent
1 volume
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Collection contents
Canonici Miscellaneous
Legal instrument by which Massa, diocese of Imola, brings itself under the protection of Florence
