MS. Lat. misc. e. 127
Summary Catalogue no.: Not in SC (late accession): no detailed description available
Contents
Physical Description
Layout
21–4 lines; in 1 column
Hand(s)
Fine rounded bookhands by several scribes; fols. 87r-88v with additions in an Italian cursive hand
Decoration
Coloured initials with penwork.
Binding
Sewn on five cords and bound in plain laid paper over pasteboards, 19th-century; the sewing become weak; the lower half of the spine covering missing
History
Provenance and Acquisition
In a dedicatory inscription addressed to a high ecclesiastic, Domenico di Vicenza names himself as the author (fol. 76v), and states that he completed it in 1410 while living in Venice in the parish of San Giuliano, having begun it at Padua in the same year
A cutting from a priced bookseller's catalogue glued to the upper pastedown
J. O. Halliwell (later Halliwell-Phillipps), with a bookplate 'PRESENTED | TO THE | Plymouth Public ['Public' crossed through and changed to 'Proprietary'] Library, | [stamped in purple ink: 'CORNWALL SREET.' | BY | J. O. HALLIWELL, ESQ., F.S.A., | F.R.S., ETC, ETC. | .......' the last line inscribed 'No. 17.' (c.f. MS. Ital. e. 19).
Sold by them at Sotheby's, 11 July 1978, lot 30, bought by the Bodleian.
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Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2017-07-01: First online publication.