John Cassian, Iacobus de Voragine — 11th century, second half (fol. 75: 12th century); Germany (?)

Title

John Cassian, Iacobus de Voragine — 11th century, second half (fol. 75: 12th century); Germany (?)

Shelfmark

MS. Canon. Pat. Lat. 113

Place of origin

Germany (?)

Italy (?)

Date

11th century, second half (fol. 75: 12th century)

14th century

Language

Ancient Greek (to 1453)

Latin

Contents

Form

codex

Support

parchment

Physical extent

i (paper) + 1 + 108 + 1 + i (paper)

Hands

Proto-gothic, apparently by several scribes, some of whom contribute very short passages e.g. fol. 55, the last two lines; fol. 56v, in the middle of the page; 57v, last three lines.

Decoration

Sketch drawings of Christ Crucified, perhaps 13th-century (unfinished: one foot, and the Cross, are absent) (fol. 2r), head with halo (fol. 40r), and a wyvern(?) (fol. 42v); unfinished sketch, fol. 16r.

Vegetal initials, the first with red and silver (oxidized) (fols. 2v), some with a red ground (fols. 34r, 42r), others drawn in outline in red or brown ink (fols 4r, 22v, 23r, 34r, 60r, 61v).

Most initials in plain red, 1 to 3 lines high, sometimes with yellow wash.

Binding

18th- or early 19th-century Italian binding, of rough black leather, the covered framed by triple gilt filets, the spine with a red leather title-piece lettered in gilt capitals ‘Cassiani | Collation | Libr | Co. mem. | perantiq’ (cf. MS. Canon. Misc. 575 et al.).

Acquisition

Purchased by the Bodleian in 1817. Former Bodleian shelfmarks: ‘Pat Lat. 113’ (fol. ir).

Provenance

The text and punctuation fairly extensively altered/corrected.

Marginalia by at least one 15th-century hand (fol. 50r); a note about the misplaced bifolium by another (fol. 83v)

Matteo Luigi Canonici, 1727–1805: source of acquisition unknown; not from Jacopo Soranzo.

Giuseppe Canonici , -1807

Title

John Cassian, Collationes

Shelfmark

MS. Canon. Pat. Lat. 113

Date

11th century, second half

Language

Latin

Physical extent

1 volume