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MS. Canon. Class. Lat. 108

Summary Catalogue no.: 18689

Contents

Alexander de Villa Dei, Doctrinale magnum
Colophon: Explicit Doctrinale Alexandri, de anno Domini mcccclxxo. die xij. mensis Septembris per me Antonellum, dictum Capadocia, bonum soldatum a les Gallines; virilis ac potens in prelio, qui condam centum et quinquaginta artocreas uno ictu suo mucrone perforavit. E pero guardate ve dalvi, acioch' non intervegna el simel caso.

'Va' has been added before 'per me' and 'cat' after 'caso'.

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: 46 fols.
Dimensions (leaf): 292 × 200 mm.

Layout

1 col., 29 lines, 195-200 × c. 100 mm.

Hand(s)

Written by Antonellus dictus Capadocia , fol. 46v. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 847)

Decoration

Fine initial. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 847)

fol. 1r

  • Type initial S
  • Subject Red initial on blue and gold background, decorated with floral designs and gold disks.

fol. 30v

  • Type drawing, lower margin
  • Subject Catchword decorated with profile face.

History

Origin: 1470 ; Italian, North (?)

Provenance and Acquisition

Matteo Luigi Canonici, 1727–1805

Giuseppe Canonici , -1807

Purchased by the Bodleian in 1817

Record Sources

Description adapted (Feb. 2025) from the following sources, additional description of decoration by Elizabeth Solopova:
A. Watson, Catalogue of Dated and Datable Manuscripts in Oxford Libraries (1984), no. 166
Otto Pächt and J. J. G. Alexander, Illuminated Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford, II (1970), no. 847
H. O. Coxe, Catalogi codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecæ Bodleianæ pars tertia codices Græcos et Latinos Canonicianos complectens, Quarto Catalogues III, 1854

Bibliography

    Printed descriptions:

    A. Watson, Catalogue of Dated and Datable Manuscripts in Oxford Libraries (1984), no. 166

Last Substantive Revision

2025-02: Encode all information from printed catalogues.