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MS. Canon. Misc. 562

Summary Catalogue no.: 20038

Physical Description

Composite: fols. 1–45 || B

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Matteo Luigi Canonici, 1727–1805

Giuseppe Canonici , -1807

Purchased by the Bodleian in 1817

MS. Canon. Misc. 562 – Part 1

Contents

Avicenna, De animalibus (tr. Michael Scot )
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander ii. 87:

Good borders.

Good historiated initials.

Good other initials (drawings).

History

Origin: 14th century, beginning ; Italian

MS. Canon. Misc. 562 – Part 2

Contents

Ps.-Aristotle, Secreta secretorum
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 15th century ; Italian

Additional Information

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the Quarto Catalogue (1854). Part 1: decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1970).
Quarto Catalogue, col. 863
Summary Catalogue, vol. 4, p. 411

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (4 images 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.