MS. Canon. Ital. 115
Summary Catalogue no.: 20167
Contents
Capitolo by Menghino Mezzani (fols. 1r-4v)
Capitolo by Jacopo Alighieri (fols. 5r-6r)
Raccoglimento by Boccaccio (fols. 6v.10v)
Physical Description
Hand(s)
Written by Marino Sanudo of Venice. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 441, pl. XLIII). Companion volume to MS. Canon. Ital. 116 (Paradiso), signed by the same scribe and dated 1422 at Montagnana near Padua (Watson, Dated & Datable, no. 233).
Decoration
Miniatures (drawings) copying an earlier model. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 441, pl. XLIII)
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Francico Sanuto, fol. ii, s. xvi/xvii.
Matteo Luigi Canonici, 1727–1805
Purchased by the Bodleian in 1817
Record Sources
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (full digital facsimile)
Bibliography
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2021-11-09: Description revised with reference to Pächt and Alexander and Roddewig