'Macer', Giles of Corbeil, Remmius Favinus (?) — 1465 and 1470; [Iesi?, Italy]
MS. Canon. Misc. 255
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
'Macer', Giles of Corbeil, Remmius Favinus (?) — 1465 and 1470; [Iesi?, Italy]
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Misc. 255
Associated place
Italian
Place of origin
[Iesi?, Italy]
Date
1465 and 1470
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
paper
Physical extent
69 + ii fols.
Binding
15th century, Italian (as MS., dated 1465, [Iesi?], with addition dated 1470): wood boards; brown leather, each cover blind-tooled with lines, tools, and a large architectonic ‘portal’ to match texts 1 or 2: (front) a leafy plant under moon, sun and star, (back) a medical flask under a floral swag, each design between two columns and under letters ‘M PM B’ at top (for the main scribe, Piermario di Bartolo of Fano, a doctor); traces of a central clasp with red fabric strap and of four bosses on each cover, all lost; edges gauffered, not gilt. Rebacked with gilt spine and title, endleaves of floral paper, 18th century, Italian, for Jacopo Soranzo (paper spine-label). 152 c. 100 c. 25–26 (book closed).
Acquisition
Purchased by the Bodleian in 1817
Provenance
Matteo Luigi Canonici, 1727–1805
Giuseppe Canonici , -1807
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Title
Miscellaneous
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Misc. 255
Summary
'Macer', De uiribus herbarum
Giles of Corbeil, De urinis
Medical verses
Astrological verses
Remmius Favinus (?), Carmen de ponderibus et mensuris
Date
15th century
Language
Latin
Physical extent
1 volume
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Collection contents
Canonici Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
