A catalogue of Western manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries and selected Oxford colleges

MS. Auct. F. 1. 7

Summary Catalogue no.: 2450

Contents

Plutarch, Lives

Latin translations by various writers

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Hand(s)

Humanistic script.

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander ii. 274, pl. XXV:

Fine historiated border.

Fine historiated initials.

Fine other initials.

History

Origin: c. 1450–60 ; Italian, Florence

Provenance and Acquisition

'Liber Henrici Cole', the warden of New college and executor of card. Pole, (d. 1579: the entry is nearly obliterated).

'THo Allen D[ono] D[edit]' in 1601.

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the Summary Catalogue (1922). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1970).

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (4 images from 35mm slides)

Last Substantive Revision

2017-07-01: First online publication.