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MS. Canon. Class. Lat. 85

Summary Catalogue no.: 18666

Contents

Martial , Epigrams
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Fine miniature (retouched), initials. Good border added (?). (P&A ii. 581, pl. LV)

fol. 2v

  • Type miniature
  • Subject Orpheus and Hermes. Arms of the Macinghi family of Florence.

fol. 3r

  • Type border, right and lower margins
  • Subject Floral designs, panel with peacocks.

History

Origin: 15th century, end ; Italian, probably Padua

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. 146
Summary Catalogue, vol. 4, p. 319

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (2 images from 35mm slides)