Franciscus de Mayronis — Multiple dates; Multiple places of origin

Title

Franciscus de Mayronis — Multiple dates; Multiple places of origin

Shelfmark

MS. Bodl. 418

Place of origin

Italian, Lombardy (?) (decoration)

French, Montpellier (script)

Date

15th century

added decoration c. 1475

1440

Language

Latin

Contents

Form

codex

Support

parchment

Physical extent

i + 157 fols.

Hands

Written by Johannes Steenhusen.

Decoration

Good initials. Written in Montpellier in 1440, fol. 157v, but the initials added later. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 743)

Binding

Stamped leather on boards, Oxford early 17th cent. work.

Acquisition

Presented by Sir Richard Fermor of Somerton in 1603.

Provenance

Fol. 157v: explicit reportacio ... per manus Johannis steenhusen in montepessulano in ordine uel conuentu minorum pro fratre matheo de ficecko ordinis fratrum minorum. Anno domini Millesimo quadringentesimo quadragesimo altra die post conuersionem sancti pauli etc.

Fol. 160 (flyleaf): Iste liber est mei magistri francisci de careto ordinis minorum Asignatum fratri Francisco de Saxello dissipullo meo sibi Asignatum pro sui studi papie [Pavia] incoati anno domini MoCCCColxxv die die vero decima quarta madij.

Fol. 157v: iste liber est ad vsum fratris franciscj de saxello ordinis minorum prouincie Janue [Genoa] et conuentus cultismilij [Cortemilia] Asignatum sibi per magistrum franciscum de Careto euisdem conuentus ac prouincie cuius anima requiescat in pace et hoc anno domini 1475. papie.