Bede — 12th century, late - 13th century, early; Italian

Title

Bede — 12th century, late - 13th century, early; Italian

Shelfmark

MS. Lat. th. d. 41

Place of origin

Italian

Date

12th century, late - 13th century, early

Language

Latin

Contents

Form

codex

Support

parchment

Physical extent

i (paper) + 84 + ii (paper, the second perhaps once a pastedown)

Hands

Fine rounded romanesque caroline

Decoration

Coloured initials with penwork.

Sketch of uncertain date on the lower pastedown

Binding

Sewn on three split straps attached to the outer faces of the wood boards with nails, very slighly bevelled at the edges between the corners, and with recesses for a pair of clasps at the fore-edge of the lower-board; covered in reddish-brown leather; the spine inscribed in grey-blue ink 'V. Bed[æ] | Expos. in | Epist. Can.'; the edges of the leaves red; the lower board with the remains of a paper pastedown earlier than the present leather covering, with various inscriptions including 12 lines in a 16th-cent. Italian hand 'Nel [a]nno 1559 al'(?) 13 d[i] Aprille ... de Benedetto ... de bonis(?) de Bexozo ...'

Provenance

Ex-libris of the Cistercian monastery of Chiaravalle della Colomba, near Piacenza, 'Liber sancte Maria de Columba' (fol. 84v)

Paolo Giovio (?) (1483–1552)

Bought at Christie's 17 Nov. 1976, lot 369.