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MS. Canon. Class. Lat. 63

Summary Catalogue no.: 18644

Contents

Virgil, Aeneid
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Good border.

fol. 2r

  • Type border, upper, left and lower margins
  • Subject Crucifixion with the Virgin Mary and St. John praying on either side. Acanthus-leaf and floral designs; bird.

Good initial.

Good penwork borders, initials. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 189)

History

Origin: 14th century, end ; Italian, Florence (?)

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, cols. 137–8
Summary Catalogue, vol. 4, p. 318

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (1 image from 35mm slides)

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.