Leo the Wise — 1577; Italian, Venice(?)
MS. Barocci 170
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Leo the Wise — 1577; Italian, Venice(?)
Shelfmark
MS. Barocci 170
Place of origin
Italian, Venice(?)
Date
1577
Language
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
i + 31 + lxi fols.
Hands
Scribe of the Greek text identified by Hutter as Georgios Klonztas.
Latin text in humanistic cursive.
Decoration
Miniatures (23 full page and 1 double-page).
Borders.
Decorated initials.
Binding
Blind-rolled and stamped leather over boards, 1577, rebacked.
Provenance
Fol. 3v (end of dedicatory letter): Cretae .vi. Idus Aprilis .M.D.LXXVII.: but according to Hutter written not in Crete but in the atelier of Georgios Klonztas in Venice.
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