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MS. Canon. Misc. 555

Summary Catalogue no.: 20031

Contents

1.
Michael Scot, Liber particularis
Language(s): Latin
2.
Michael Scot, Liber de Physiognomia
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Fine minature; initials in a different style. Probably a copy of a MS. of 1256, colophon, fol. 88v.Pächt and Alexander ii. 80, pl. VII:

Fine miniature (drawing) related in style to Frederick II's Liber Avium.

Historiated initials.

Other initials.

Diagrams.

History

Origin: 13th century, third quarter ; Italian, South

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. 857–8
Summary Catalogue, vol. 4, p. 405

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (1 image from 35mm slides)

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.