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MS. Douce 214

Summary Catalogue no.: 21788

Contents

1.
Plutarch, Lives (Latin translations by Leonardo Bruni, Leonardo Justiniano and Francesco Barbaro)
Language(s): Latin
2.
Leonardo Bruni, Cicero nouus
Language(s): Latin
3.
Basil the Great, Ad Adolescentes (Latin translation by Leonardo Bruni)
Language(s): Latin
4.
Xenophon, Hiero (Latin translation by Leonardo Bruni)
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: ii + 208 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 15.5 × 10.875 in.

Hand(s)

Written by Johannes Andreae de Colonia , fol. 201v.

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander ii. 233, pl. XXI:

Fine borders.

Fine historiated initials.

Fine other initials.

History

Origin: 15th century, second quarter ; Italian, Florence

Provenance and Acquisition

Francis Douce, 1757–1834

Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the Summary Catalogue (1897). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1970).
Summary Catalogue, vol. 4, p. 557
Summary Catalogue, vol. 4, p. 558

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (6 images from 35mm slides)

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2024-05: Add extent and leaf dimensions from Summary Catalogue.