MS. Canon. Bibl. Lat. 28
Summary Catalogue no.: 18920
Contents
Use of Rome. Temporale (fol. 1); sanctorale (fol. 70); common of the saints and the dedication (fol. 79); votive masses (fol. 88v).
Companion volume to MS. Canon. Bibl. Lat. 27
Physical Description
Layout
2 col. of 26 lines, column space 255 × 60 mm.
Hand(s)
Written by Johannes Incontrus of Volterra, chaplain of S. Pietro Maggiore, Florence, fol. 90.
Decoration
Pächt and Alexander ii. 310, pl. XXVIII:
Fine borders.
Fine historiated initials. ()
Illuminated initials (one historiated), coloured initials, rubrics.
Binding
15th century (as MS.) ?, or (acc. Pächt and Alexander) 16th century, Italian: wood boards; reddish-brown leather with blind stamps in roll-like pattern; gilt edges, faintly gauffered; lower paste-down patched with a medieval manuscript fragment; traces of two strap-and-pin clasps and (metal?) centrepieces with ?papal crossed keys, all lost; spine with original blind stamps, later enhanced (18th century, Italian) with gilt lines and a gilt green-leather label. 345–346 × 236–237 × c. 41–44 mm. (book closed). Uniformly bound and enhanced with MS. Canon. Bibl. Lat. 27.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Fol.90: 'Ego iohannes incontrus Volaterranus Capellanus sancti petri maioris de florentia transcripsi hoc opus propriis manibus ac laborem meum dono dedi ob salutem anime mee redemptionem \que/ peccatorum meorum die vero .xvª. agusti. Mcccclxxviijº'
Matteo Luigi Canonici, 1727–1805
Purchased by the Bodleian in 1817.
Record Sources
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2020-04: Binding description added.