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MS. Canon. Misc. 54

Summary Catalogue no.: 19530

Contents

1. (fols. 2r-27v)
Passion of St. John Martyr of Caesarea (13 May)
Rubric: Passio sancti Johannis martiris
Incipit: Dioclicianus olim Imperator et praecipuus ydolorum cultor; qui ex dignitate imperii
Explicit: unde a Latinis celebrius veneratur, ad laudem et gloriam omnipotentia Dei, qui vivit et regnat per infinita secula. Amen.
BHL 4333
ed. Chiara Bossi and Paolo Chiesa, in Anecdota Hagiographica e Codicibus Collecta (2020), pp. 95-124, collated as sig. O.
Language(s): Latin
2. (fols. 27v-31r)
Translation of St. John Martyr
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: 32 leaves

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander ii. 445:

Good historiated initial.

History

Origin: 15th century, beginning ; Italian, Venice

Provenance and Acquisition

Venice, S. Daniele Profeta: ex libris, fol. 32, 15th century.

Matteo Luigi Canonici, 1727–1805

Giuseppe Canonici , -1807

Purchased by the Bodleian in 1817

Record Sources

Description adapted from the following sources with reference to published literature as cited.
Pächt and Alexander (1970)
Quarto Catalogue (1854)
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Last Substantive Revision

2024-10: Revised with reference to printed catalogues and published literature.