Bartolomeo Fonzio — 15th century, end; Italian, Florence
MS. Lat. misc. d. 85
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Bartolomeo Fonzio — 15th century, end; Italian, Florence
Shelfmark
MS. Lat. misc. d. 85
Place of origin
Italian, Florence
Date
15th century, end
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
i (paper) + 126 + i (paper)
Hands
Humanistic capitals and italic script, in brown and pink inks. Written by Bartolomeo Fonzio.
Decoration
Fine miniatures (mostly wash drawings). In the style of the school of Botticelli. Miniatures depicting a Castel sant'Angelo, Rome (fol. 63r), an elephant (fol. 72v), a giraffe (fol. 73r), classical capitals, arcades and other classical remains and sculptures and inscriptions seen in Rome (fols. 132v-153r, 161v)
Binding
Bound in plain parchment over thin pasteboards; the spine inscribed 'Noti|zie | Belle | e | nece[...] | [...] | Anti[qu?..] | di | Roma'; the brown leather case lettered in gilt on the spine 'COLLECTANEA | EPIGRAPHICA | SAECULI XV.'
Provenance
Vincenzo Chiarelli Lazio, 19th century, with his booklabel glued to the upper pastedown
John Marshall (1862–1928).
E. P. Warren (1860–1928), inscribed 'EPW from JM' (fol. ir).
Prof. Bernard Ashmole.
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