MS. Canon. Bibl. Lat. 84
Summary Catalogue no.: 18977
Contents
Written after the book of Job (fols. 176–7) and at the end of the apocalypse (fol. 382v). Incipits and explicits.
Physical Description
Layout
2 col. of 51–4 lines
Binding
16th century (1545 or later), German: wood boards, with partial outside bevel allowing corners to stand proud; brown leather, tooled around edges with a broad blind roll comprising named busts of Luther, Melancthon and Erasmus; central gilt panels with floral and acanthus stamps and wording ‘BIBLIA’ and ‘1545’ on both covers; two clasps, partly surviving with one brown-leather (? replacement) strap, running from back cover to front in northern fashion. The date is shared with other bindings especially from Wittenberg, possibly commemorating the 1545 ‘Wittenberg Reformation’. 212–215 × c. 149 × c. 60–63 mm. (book closed).
History
Provenance and Acquisition
In 1721 in the possession of 'Joan. Fyer'.
'Deinde a comite Witzai, Hungaro, don. miss. Venetias amico abbati Canonici, an. 1802'.
Purchased by the Bodleian in 1817.
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Last Substantive Revision
2020-04: Binding description added.