MS. Canon. Gr. 124

Binding

A composite binding, with the original wrapper preserved inside a modern binding (all a pair with MS. Canon. Gr. 125).

15th century, Italian (as MS.): a limp parchment wrapper (now fols. i, 244, spine lost?), enclosing several similar paper booklets; title on fol. 244v in Greek capitals dated 1476, doubtless by the scribe, Petrus Franciscus. 290 × 95–97 × c. 44–45 mm. (book closed; lower cover shorter than the textblock’s 293–295 mm.).

19th century, second half, Bodleian: light brown leather over pasteboards, blind lines round edges, spine with gilt title and Bodleian shelfmark; board-edges and leather turn-ins with blind roll tooling . 311–313 × 110 × c. 53–58 mm. (book closed).