MSS. Canon. Bibl. Lat. 54-5
Summary Catalogue no.: 18947
Summary Catalogue no.: 18948
Contents
Language(s): Latin
Temporale, sanctorale, common. Incipits and explicits.
Physical Description
Hand(s)
Vol. II fol. 268v: 'Scriptum per Nicolaum scriptorem in Grecz. Et finitum in vigilia purificacionis Marie Anno vicesimo secundo.' This scribe wrote the whole of vol. I except fols. 322–363v, perhaps written later, and to fol. 268v of vol. II
Vol. II fol. 403v, in another hand (covering fols. 275–403v): 'Explicit Apokalipsis beati Iohannis apostoli in Vigilia Michaelis anno dominj millesimo quadringentesimo Vicesimoquinto'.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Tenatively localized to Venice or Dalmatia by Pächt and Alexander; Watson suggests that the 'Grecz' of vol II, fol. 268v may be Graz.
Matteo Luigi Canonici, 1727–1805
Purchased by the Bodleian in 1817
MS. Canon. Bibl. Lat. 54
Physical Description
Layout
Fols. i-ix verso: 1 col., c. 35–40 lines, 225 × c. 140 mm.
Fols. x-xii verso: blank
Fols. 1v-'321'v: 2 cols. c. 45–50 lines, column space 215–20 × 65 mm.
Fols. '322'-'363v': 2 cols. c. 55–60 lines, column space 257 × 80–5 mm.
Binding
A composite binding of wood boards, ?15th century, ?North European, later entirely covered and transformed into a half-leather binding with paper-covered sides, 18th century: both stages matched in the companion volume at MS. 55. The medieval boards (possibly reversed) have a slight cushion bevel, with grooves on the lower board for two former clasp-straps, and with possible underlying traces of corner-bosses and (at lower board, near top edge) a chain-staple; their original covering was of pink tawed leather, as seen in offsets or skinnings on the former paste-down at fol. [364]v.
The 18th-century Italian transformation has its spine in light brown leather, decorated with gilt lines and a red-leather label, with sides covered in plain pinkish-red paper and paste-downs of marbled paper. 330 × 215 × c. 90–91 mm. (book closed).
MS. Canon. Bibl. Lat. 55
Physical Description
Layout
2 cols., c. 45–50 lines, column space 215–25 × 65 mm.
Binding
A composite binding of wood boards, ?15th century, ?North European, later entirely covered and transformed into a half-leather binding with paper-covered sides, 18th century: both stages matched in the companion volume at MS. 54. The medieval boards (possibly reversed) have a slight cushion bevel, with grooves on the upper board for two former clasp-straps, and with possible underlying traces of corner-bosses and (at upper board, centre foot) a chain-staple.
The 18th-century Italian transformation has its spine in light brown leather, decorated with gilt lines and a red-leather label, with sides covered in plain pinkish-red paper and paste-downs of marbled paper. 328–330 × 219–220 × c. 100–102 mm. (book closed).
Additional Information
Record Sources
Availability
Orderable via the records for MS. Canon. Bibl. Lat. 54, MS. Canon. Bibl. Lat. 55
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Last Substantive Revision
2020-04: Binding description added.