MS. Canon. Gr. 125

Binding

A composite binding, with the original wrapper preserved inside a modern binding (all a pair with MS. Canon. Gr. 124).

15th century, Italian (as MS.): a limp parchment wrapper (now fols. iii, 248, spine lost?), enclosing probably a single paper notebook; fol. iii has a strong vertical crease c. 10 mm. from the inside edge; title on fol. 248v in Greek capitals dated 1477, doubtless by the scribe, Petrus Franciscus. 297–8 × 100–102 × c. 40–43 mm. (book closed, lower cover shorter than the textblock’s 300 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 . 313–314 × 108–110 × c. 50–52 mm. (book closed).