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MS. Canon. Misc. 576

Summary Catalogue no.: 20052

Contents

Johannes de Balbis, Catholicon
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander ii. 446, pl. XLIII:

Fine historiated border,

Fine historiated initials.

Fine other initials.

Fine penwork borders.

History

Origin: 15th century, beginning ; Italian, Venice

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. 871–2
Summary Catalogue, vol. 4, p. 405

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (3 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.