A catalogue of Western manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries and selected Oxford colleges

MS. Laud Misc. 533

Summary Catalogue no.: 1299

Contents

Dogale

Commission from Doge Andrea Gritti (1523–38) appointing Francesco Foscarini 'potestas' and 'capitaneus' of Bassano.

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: 20 fols.
Dimensions (leaf): 230 × 160 mm.

Layout

1 col., 25 lines, 160 × 105-110 mm.

Hand(s)

'An. Sansonus secretarius', fol. 20. Additions by Benetto Spineli, fol. 20v.

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander ii. 1007, pl. LXXXIII:

Fine historiated border (damaged).

Binding

Reversed calf binding.

History

Origin: 1533 ; Italian, Venice

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the Quarto Catalogue (H. O. Coxe, Laudian Manuscripts, Quarto Catalogues II, repr. with corrections, 1969, from the original ed. of 1858–1885). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1970).

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (1 image from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

    Printed descriptions:

    A. Watson, Catalogue of Dated and Datable Manuscripts in Oxford Libraries (1984), no. 608

Last Substantive Revision

2024-09: Add extent, leaf dimensions and layout from Watson, Dated and Datable.