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MS. Canon. Misc. 508

Summary Catalogue no.: 19984

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Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment, paper

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander ii. 178:

Historiated border.

Penwork initial.

Inserted flyleaf with drawing of c. 1700 and another drawing on fol. 77v.

History

Origin: 14th century, second half; added drawing, c. 1700 ; Italian

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, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1970).
Quarto Catalogue, col. 822
Summary Catalogue, vol. 4, p. 410

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2018-10-14: Mitch Fraas Provenance and acquisition information added using https://github.com/littlegustv/oxfordupdates/blob/master/test_case_for_oxford_prov.rb in collaboration with the Mapping Manuscript Migrations project.