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MS. Canon. Misc. 521

Summary Catalogue no.: 19997

Diktyon no.: 74579

Physical Description

Composite: fols. 1–28 || fols. 29–36 || fols. 37–79

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Matteo Luigi Canonici, 1727–1805

Giuseppe Canonici , -1807

Purchased by the Bodleian in 1817

MS. Canon. Misc. 521 – Part 1

Contents

Leo the Wise, Oracles (with Latin translation)
Language(s): Greek and Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander ii. 1026:

Miniatures (drawings) copying a Greek original of 15th century.

History

Origin: 16th century ; Italian

MS. Canon. Misc. 521 – Part 2

Contents

Treatise on motion ('de aquarum ductibus et motibus rotarum')
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander ii. 992:

Diagrams added in the margins.

History

Origin: 1505 ; Italian

MS. Canon. Misc. 521 – Part 3

Contents

Hero of Alexandria, Pneumatika (Latin translation; incomplete)
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander ii. 987, pl. LXXX:

Good diagrams deriving from an antique model. Humanistic script.

History

Origin: c. 1500 ; Italian

Additional Information

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the Quarto Catalogue (1854). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1970).
Quarto Catalogue, col. 832
Summary Catalogue, vol. 4, p. 410

Bibliography

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.