A catalogue of Western manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries and selected Oxford colleges

MS. Add. A. 170

Summary Catalogue no.: 24709

Contents

Aesopus moralisatus
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Good initial. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 928)

fol. 1r

  • Type initial U
  • Subject Floral designs.

fol. 16v

  • Type drawing, lower margin
  • Subject Human half-figure, emerging from flames, supporting a scroll with catchwords.

History

Origin: 15th century, first half ; Italian

Record Sources

Summary description by Elizabeth Solopova and Matthew Holford, based on the Summary Catalogue and supplementary sources.

Last Substantive Revision

2017-07-01: First online publication.