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Summary Catalogue no.: 30056

Contents

1.
Boethius, De consolatione philosophiae
Language(s): Latin
2.
Horace, De arte poetica
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper

Decoration

Historiated and other initials. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 817)

fol. 4r

  • Type initial C
  • Subject Profile portrait of the author, seated, holding an open book.

fol. 13r

  • Type initial P
  • Subject Ship with sail at sea.

fol. 24r

  • Type miniature
  • Subject Crowned woman, seated, holding sceptre and open book.

Initials.

History

Origin: 15th century, middle ; Italian, North

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the Summary Catalogue (1905). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1970).
Summary Catalogue, vol. 5, p. 722

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (2 images from 35mm slides)

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2017-07-01: First online publication.