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MSS. Canon. Ital. 105-7

Summary Catalogue no.: 20157

Summary Catalogue no.: 20158

Summary Catalogue no.: 20159

Contents

Dante , Divine comedy (3 vols.), with commentary of Benvenuto da Imola in Italian translation
Language(s): Italian

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment, paper

Decoration

Fine borders and historiated initials. By Cristoforo Cortese. (P&A ii. 450, pl. XLIV)

History

Origin: c. 1415-20 ; Italian, Venice

Provenance and Acquisition

Matteo Luigi Canonici, 1727-1805

Giuseppe Canonici , -1807

Purchased by the Bodleian in 1817

Record Sources

Summary description by Elizabeth Solopova and Matthew Holford, based on the Quarto Catalogue (A. Mortara, Catalogo dei manoscritti italiani che sotto la denominazione di Codici Canoniciani Italici si conservano nella Biblioteca Bodleiana a Oxford, Quarto Catalogues XI, 1864) and supplementary sources.
Quarto Catalogue, cols. 119-20
Quarto Catalogue, cols. 121-2
Summary Catalogue, vol. 4, p. 413

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (2 images from 35mm slides) [MS. Canon. Ital. 105]
Digital Bodleian (2 images from 35mm slides) [MS. Canon. Ital. 107]