MS. D'Orville 552
Summary Catalogue no.: 17430
Contents
With commentary in Italian framing the text deriving (according to Roddewig) from:
Colophon: (fol. 186v) Qvesta seconda canticha jscrissse jo Michele di piero di Tomaso e de mia
Colophon: (fol. 187) In nome di dio […] MCCCCoxlviij die primo febraio […]
Language(s): Italian
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: paper
Extent: 310 leaves
Dimensions (leaf): 280 × 200 mm.
Layout
2 cols., c. 45-7 lines, column space 230–5 × 80 mm. ; but sometimes laid out as a central text with gloss set variously around it.
Hand(s)
One scribe, Michele di Piero.
History
Record Sources
Description adapted (2021) from the following sources, with additional reference to literature as cited:
Andrew G. Watson, Catalogue of Dated and Datable Manuscripts c. 435-1600 in Oxford Libraries (1984), no. 446
The Summary Catalogue (1895)
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (full digital facsimile)
Bibliography
Marcella Roddewig, Dante Alighiere: Die göttliche Komödie (1984), no. 529
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2021-11: Description revised with reference to Watson and Roddewig.