MS. Canon. Ital. 46
Summary Catalogue no.: 20098
Contents
Physical Description
Collation
Layout
Fols. 2-9, 11-70, 71-79: 30 long lines (3 stanzas of 8 lines in the Boccaccio text). Ruled in ink; ruled space 148 × 94 (6+82+6) mm. Written above top line.
Hand(s)
Cursive book script by one distinctive hand, except for the replacement leaves (fols. 1, 10, 71, 80)
Replacement leaves (fols. 1, 10, 71, 80) in humanistic script.
Decoration
Cf. Pächt and Alexander ii. 672:
Coat of arms, fol. 1.
4-line gold initial, fol. 1r.
Otherwise plain 1-line initials in alternating red and blue at the beginning of stanzas.
Binding
Parchment over pasteboard, with pastedowns of carta bassanese, a typical style of Jacopo Soranzo. Title written on the tail.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Pächt and Alexander's dating and localization (Bologna, late 15th century) were presumably inferred from the early provenance, but the coat of arms appears on a replacement leaf (fol. 1).
Arms of the Bentivoglio family of Bologna, between letters I. O., fol. 1r: Giovanni II Bentivoglio, 1443-1508 (?).
Jacopo Soranzo: typical binding; identifiable in the catalogue of his manuscripts (374 in quarto).
Matteo Luigi Canonici, 1727–1805
Purchased by the Bodleian in 1817
Record Sources
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2024-07: Matthew Holford: new summary description.