MS. Canon. Class. Lat. 131
Summary Catalogue no.: 18712
Physical Description
Composite: fols. 2–84b || fols. 85–156
Extent: 155 (sic) leaves
History
Provenance and Acquisition
The combined volume bears (fol. 1) the autograph ex libris of Cardinal Bessarion: τοῦ Ξενοφῶντος ἀπομνημονεύματος τοῦ Σωκράτους, καὶ Αὐρηλίου Βίκτωρος ἱστορίαι κατ᾽ ἐπιτομὴν, κτῆμα Βησσαρίωνος καρδινάλις τοῦ τῶν Τουσκιλλήνων.
No. 239 in the list of Bessarion's books given to San Marco, Venice, in 1468 (see H. Omont, Revue des bibliothèques, iv (1894), 178).
Matteo Luigi Canonici, 1727–1805
Purchased by the Bodleian in 1817
MS. Canon. Class. Lat. 131 – Part 1
Contents
1. (fols. 2–84b)
, Memorabilia (tr. Bessarion ) With dedicatory letter.
Final rubric: Xenophontis de actis et dictis Socratis memoratu dignis liber quartus et ultimus finit; pro reverendissimo in Christo, patre et domino domino Cardinali de Columna. Mo.cccco. liiio.
Language(s): Latin (Bessarion's inscription in Greek)
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper. For the watermark cf. Briquet no. 3668, Rome, etc.
Extent: 83 + i leaves
Dimensions (leaf): 227 × 145 mm.
Layout
1 col., 30 lines, written space 130 × 80 mm.
Decoration
Spaces left for initials.
History
MS. Canon. Class. Lat. 131 – Part 2 (fols. 85-156)
Contents
3. (fol. 124)
, De Caesaribus Rubric: Aurelii Victoris Historie abreviate ab Augusto Octaviano, id est, a fine Titi Livii usque ad consulatum decimum Constantii Augusti et Juliani Cesaris tertium
Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper. Same watermark as part 1.
Hand(s)
Humanistic script with corrections by a humanistic cursive hand.
History
Additional Information
Record Sources
Description adapted (Feb. 2025) from the following sources:
A. Watson, Catalogue of Dated and Datable Manuscripts in Oxford Libraries (1984), no. 170 (fols. 2-84b)
The survival of ancient literature: catalogue of an exhibition of Greek and Latin classical manuscripts ... (1975), no. 147
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. 170 (fols. 2-84b)
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2025-02: Encode all information from printed catalogues.