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MS. Auct. F. 6. 28

Summary Catalogue no.: 28274

Contents

Q. Curtius Rufus, Historia Alexandri Magni

With frequent marginal annotations

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: i + 149 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 10.5 × 7.625 in.

Hand(s)

Humanistic script attributable to Johannes Andreae de Colonia

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander ii. 226, Pl. XX, ii. 372, Pl. XXXV

Fine border (putti supporting a wreath)

Fine initials

A fine historiated border was added on fol. 1r in Naples at the end of the fifteenth century

Binding

Stamped leather on boards with gold ornament, Italian contemporary work, with four sets of clasp fittings (clasps lost and volume rebacked), in a green baize cover

History

Origin: c. 1430–40; added decoration, 15th century, late. ; Italy, Florence; added decoration, Naples .

Provenance and Acquisition

'N. D., Naples, 26 June 1733'

The arms, gules three bars argent, are on fol. 1r

The armorial bookplate of John Haddon Hindley is inside the front cover

Bought from messrs. Howell and Stewart on Aug. 15, 1828, for £3 3s.

Record Sources

Description adapted (June 2023) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1905). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1973)
Summary Catalogue, Vol. 5, p. 242

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (2 images from 35mm slides)

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2023-06-09: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1905)