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MS. Canon. Misc. 53

Summary Catalogue no.: 19529

Contents

Gervase of Tilbury , Otia imperialia
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander ii. 171, pl. XV:

Fine borders.

Fine historiated initials.

Fine other initials.

History

Origin: 14th century, third quarter ; Italian, Naples

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, cols. 467–8
Summary Catalogue, vol. 4, p. 400

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.