MS. Lat. misc. d. 63

Summary Catalogue no.: Not in SC (late accession)

Imperfect at the beginning. Due to the loss of two leaves after fol.10 there is a lacuna in the text between I.19 ‘secuti sunt ducem eorum’ and I.23 ‘leviter evenit puer’.

Incipit: || (i.3)Igitur domi et militiae boni mores colebantur

Explicit: Severus cum incredibili multitudine per mare et terram ad Italiam transivit

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Secundo Folio: (fol.1)Igitur domi

Form: codex

Support: Paper. Watermarks: letter R and cross cf.Briquet 8938; balance cf.Briquet 2488; scissors cf.Briquet 3668; crossbow cf.Briquet 746.

Extent: ii + 187 leaves

Dimensions (leaf): 285 × 210 mm.

Dimensions (written): 205–10 × 140–50 mm.

Collation

1(12)(wants 1 and 12), 2(12)(wants 1), 3(12)–15(12), 16(10)(8–10 canc.) Catchwords.

Layout

34–9 long lines

Hand(s)

Humanist script

Binding

binding 19th cent.calf.

History

Origin: 15th century, first quarter ; Italian

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought, 1931.

Record Sources

Typescript description by Bodleian library staff, revised by Peter Kidd, late 1990s.

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2017-07-01: First online publication.

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