Pseudo-Callisthenes 13th cent.
MS. Barocci 17
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Pseudo-Callisthenes 13th cent.
Shelfmark
MS. Barocci 17
Place of origin
Byzantine, provinces
Date
13th century, first half
Language
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
Contents
Form
codex
Support
Parchment (except fols. i–iv and 100–124). Fols. 102–109 are damaged, fols. 110–121 are 15th cent. replacements (unwatermarked paper).
Physical extent
iv + 124 leaves.
Decoration
Many pages have spaces left for illuminations; the miniatures, mostly in a poor condition now, were painted only as far as fol. 31v.
Miniatures.
Ornamental strips. (Hutter ii. 2, Abb. 106–137) [Internet Archive]
Binding
Brown-stamped brown leather, early 18th cent.
Provenance
(fol. iii recto) ἐτουτο το βιβλίον κτίμενον ἐϲτι του ϲ̣τ̣αυριανοτου β… 15th cent. [read by Hutter as 'Barda', 16th cent.]
(fol. iii recto) questo libro sia del capo an.. … monograni (rest illegible). [read by Hutter as 'And(rea?) del mono Giani (?)']
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