MS. Canon. Misc. 507
Summary Catalogue no.: 19983
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Physical Description
Hand(s)
Written by Antonius de Praga, fol. 204v.
Decoration
Related to the style of the Master of the Vitae Imperatorum. Pächt and Alexander ii. 700, pl. LXVIII:
Fine historiated border.
Fine initial.
Binding
15th century, second quarter (as MS., Milan, ? for an owner from Bergamo): wood boards; brown leather, blind-tooled with triple lines, stamps, strapwork, and dots (? some once coloured) in elaborate all-over designs, not identical on each cover; spine lost; traces of four clasps with (green?) textile straps, all lost. Rebacked and re-cornered in lighter brown leather with gilt lines and gilt red-leather label, 18th century, Italian. 333–334 × 221–223 × c. 55–56 mm. (book closed).
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Last Substantive Revision
2020-09-14: Binding description added.