Psalter and Canticles. — 15th century

Title

Psalter and Canticles. — 15th century

Shelfmark

MS. Canon. Gr. 18

Date

15th century

Language

Ancient Greek (to 1453)

Contents

Form

codex

Support

paper

Binding

15th century or 16th century, Greek or Greek style: perhaps the original binding, though the worn state of the first few leaves might possibly reflect earlier heavy usage in a previous binding. Thick wood boards with grooved edges; brown leather with blind-stamped patterns, different on each cover; spine-shoulders built up in Greek style; central clasp running from the back to a pin at front edge, strap comprising three strands of plaited leather; edges painted with designs of rings in ink, red and ?green; spine originally plain, with added 18th-century gilt red-leather label and further gilt title ‘COD. BOMB.’ (= ‘codex bombycinus’). 210 (or, with shoulder extensions, 216) 133 c. 46–49 (book closed).

Acquisition

Purchased by the Bodleian in 1817

Provenance

Matteo Luigi Canonici, 1727–1805

Giuseppe Canonici , -1807

Title

Psalter and Canticles

Shelfmark

MS. Canon. Gr. 18

Date

15th century

Language

Ancient Greek (to 1453)

Physical extent

1 volume