MS. Lat. th. f. 24

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

Sermons on the Gospels for the Church year.

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: parchment

Extent: i (paper) + 275 + i (paper)

Dimensions (leaf): 160 × 110 mm.

Dimensions (ruled): 105 × 62 mm.

Foliation: Modern pencil, i-iii, 1–274

Collation

I² (original flyleaves) (fol. i-ii) | II^10–1 (3rd leaf missing, after fol. 2) (fol. 1–9), III-XXVIII¹⁰ (fol. 10–269), XXIX² (fol. 270–271) | XXX² (original flyleaves) (fol. 272–273)

Layout

25 lines, in 1 column

Hand(s)

Fine rounded gothic

Decoration

Plain red initials. Illuminated initial cut out on fol. 1r leaving part of the border, with a butterfly.

Binding

Sewn on three thongs and bound in plain parchment over thin boards; with traces of two pairs of green or yellow silk ties at the fore-edge; the spine inscribed '1430' at the top, and '[Au?]g serm[...] Evangeliorum', from top to bottom, in large letters

History

Origin: 15th century ; Italian

Provenance and Acquisition

Swann Gallery, New York, 11 Oct. 1979, lot 255, bought by Quaritch for the Bodleian.

Record Sources

Draft description by Peter Kidd, late 1990s

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2017-07-01: First online publication.

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