MS. Canon. Misc. 519
Summary Catalogue no.: 19995
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Physical Description
Hand(s)
Humanistic script. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 514, pl. XLIX)
Decoration
Fine historiated border.
Fine initial. Border later enlarged (above and right). (Pächt and Alexander ii. 514, pl. XLIX)
Binding
15th century third quarter, Italian (as MS.): wood boards; brown leather, blind-tooled with quadruple lines and strapwork; traces of four clasps with brown leather straps and of a large central metal fitting and possibly four bosses on each cover, all lost; sewn on four broad straps of red tawed leather, with endband cores of brown leather. The leather is much damaged, with spine lost and further large losses at lower part of each cover, but unrepaired. c. 347 × 260 × c. 97–103 mm. (book closed).
History
Record Sources
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (1 image from 35mm slides)
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Last Substantive Revision
2020-09-14: Binding description added.