Ovid — c. 1450–1460; Italian, Padua
MS. Add. C. 138
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Description
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Title
Ovid — c. 1450–1460; Italian, Padua
Shelfmark
MS. Add. C. 138
Place of origin
Italian, Padua
Date
c. 1450–1460
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Hands
Written in humanistic script. Annotations in the early hand of Bartolomeo Sanvito of Padua. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 412, pl. XL)
Decoration
Fine initials. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 412, pl. XL)
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Title
Ovid, Metamorphoses
Shelfmark
MS. Add. C. 138
Summary
At end: --'Explicit Liber Ovidii Methamorphoseos felicitcr. Amen': the fifteen books, with a few marginal notes.
Date
written in the 15th century in Italy
Language
Latin
Physical facet
On parchment, with illuminated capitals
Physical extent
181 Leaves
Custodial history
Catalogue of the ... collection of Splendid Manuscripts ... formed by M. Guglielmo Libri 1859 no. 753.
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Collection contents
Ovid, Metamorphoses
