MS. Canon. Class. Lat. 148
Summary Catalogue no.: 18729
Contents
, Epitome of Pompeius Trogus
Colophon: (fol. 183) Finis MCCCCLXVIII
With preface.
Glosses added by a later hand.
Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
183 + i fols.
Dimensions (leaf): 205 × 145 mm.
Layout
1 col., 28 lines, 135 × 80 mm.
Hand(s)
Written in humanistic script. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 733)
Decoration
Fine and good initials. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 733)
History
Provenance and Acquisition
'Assigned to Lombardy on stylistic grounds by Pächt & Alexander; the script is of Milanese appearance.' (Watson)
Matteo Luigi Canonici, 1727–1805
Purchased by the Bodleian in 1817
Record Sources
Description adapted (Feb. 2025) from the following sources:
A. Watson, Catalogue of Dated and Datable Manuscripts in Oxford Libraries (1984), no. 172
Otto Pächt and J. J. G. Alexander, Illuminated Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford, II (1970), no. 733
H. O. Coxe, Catalogi codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecæ Bodleianæ pars tertia codices Græcos et Latinos Canonicianos complectens, Quarto Catalogues III, 1854
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
2025-02: Encode all information from printed catalogues.