MS. Canon. Misc. 454

Summary Catalogue no.: 19930

Giovanni Bianchini, Canones tabularum

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: paper

Extent: 1-33 fols.

Dimensions (leaf): 342 × 242 mm.

Layout

2 cols., 32-3 lines, column space 210–215 × 65 mm.

Hand(s)

Semi-humanistic script.

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander ii. 487:

Good border.

Good initial.

History

Origin: 15th century, middle (partly 1458) ; Italian, Ferrara (?)

Provenance and Acquisition

Matteo Luigi Canonici, 1727–1805

Giuseppe Canonici , -1807

Purchased by the Bodleian in 1817

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the Quarto Catalogue (1854). Decoration follows Pächt and Alexander (1970) (origin as 'Venice), date and origin follow Watson (1984).

Quarto Catalogue, cols. 775–6

Summary Catalogue, vol. 4, p. 409

Bibliography

Printed descriptions:

A. Watson, Catalogue of Dated and Datable Manuscripts in Oxford Libraries (1984), no. 351

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2024-09: Add extent, leaf dimensions and layout from Watson, Dated and Datable.

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