MS. Canon. Ital. 143
Summary Catalogue no.: 20195
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Physical Description
Decoration
Fine maps. Made by Bartolomeo Olives of Mallorca in Venice, 17th June 1559. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 1015)
Binding
16th century, Italian (as MS., 1559, Venice): wood boards; red leather, each cover with gilt tooling and a centrepiece of two circles enclosing an ornate but blank shield, front cover with gilt title ‘CARTA DA NAVIGAR’ at upper centre; two clasps, with fittings and one extant catch in embossed silvery metal; spine plain, repaired.
18th century, Italian, Venice: decorative paste-downs and flyleaves of carta bassanese added, with other repairs. 433–435 × 274–275 × 15 mm. (book closed).
History
Record Sources
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (2 images from 35mm slides)
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Last Substantive Revision
2020-07-21: Binding description added.