Piercandido Decembrio — 15th century, middle; Italian, Lombardy
MS. D'Orville 536
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Piercandido Decembrio — 15th century, middle; Italian, Lombardy
Shelfmark
MS. D'Orville 536
Place of origin
Italian, Lombardy
Date
15th century, middle
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
iii + 66 leaves
Hands
Written in humanistic script by Thomas Guarimbertus, fol. 63v (Pächt and Alexander ii. 708)
Decoration
Fine initials. Cf. MS. Auct. F. 3. 26
Acquisition
Acquired by the Bodleian in 1804.
Provenance
'Jacobus Cahannius' (on fol. iii 'J. Cahaiones') 'me iure possidet' (16th cent.)
The volume bears the arms (on the binding) and the armorial bookplate of N. J. Foucault.
Jacques Phillippe D'Orville of Amsterdam (1690–1751), acquired at the disperal of Foucault's library (MS. D'Orville 302, fol. 30r).
Jean D'Orville, b. 1734, his son, by descent.
Jean D'Orville, son of Jean, by descent.
Sold to the Rev. John Cleaver Banks (1765/6–1845): purchased from him by the Bodleian.
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Title
Works by Pietro Candido
Shelfmark
MS. D'Orville 536
Summary
Comprises:
(fol. 1) 'P. Candidi in libris Peregrine Historie ... prefatio', followed by the three books of the work
(fol. 29) 'P. Candidi Gr[a]maticon liber primus ...' et secundus: at the end of the last colophon is 'Thomas Guarimbertus scr[i]psit.'.
'Jacobus Cahannius [on fol. iii 'J. Cahaiones'] me iure possidet' (16th cent.).
Date
written in the second half of the 15th cent. by T. Guarimbertus in Italy
Language
Latin
Physical facet
On parchment, with some fine illuminated capitals, some margins are injured, bears the arms (on the binding) and the armorial bookplate of N. J. Foucault
Physical extent
66 Leaves
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Collection contents
Manuscripts of Jacques Philippe D'Orville
Works by Pietro Candido
