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MS. Canon. Class. Lat. 148

Summary Catalogue no.: 18729

Contents

Justinus, Epitome of Pompeius Trogus
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Hand(s)

Written in humanistic script. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 733)

Decoration

Fine and good initials. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 733)

History

Origin: 1468 ; Italian, Lombardy

Provenance and Acquisition

Matteo Luigi Canonici, 1727–1805

Giuseppe Canonici , -1807

Purchased by the Bodleian in 1817

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the Quarto Catalogue (H. O. Coxe, Catalogi codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecæ Bodleianæ pars tertia codices Græcos et Latinos Canonicianos complectens, Quarto Catalogues III, 1854). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1970).
Quarto Catalogue, vol. 3, col. 173
Summary Catalogue, vol. 4, p. 320

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (3 images from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

    Printed descriptions:

    A. Watson, Catalogue of Dated and Datable Manuscripts in Oxford Libraries (1984), no. 172

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2018-10-14: Mitch Fraas Provenance and acquisition information added using https://github.com/littlegustv/oxfordupdates/blob/master/test_case_for_oxford_prov.rb in collaboration with the Mapping Manuscript Migrations project.