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MS. Laud Lat. 58

Summary Catalogue no.: 1243

Contents

Florus, Epitome of Livy
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
46 + i fols.
Dimensions (leaf): 270 × 192 mm.

Layout

1 col., 36 lines, 175–180 × 120 mm.

Decoration

Fine border.

Fine initials. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 343, pl. XXXII)

History

Origin: 1453 ; Italian, Central, Rome (?)

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).
Quarto Catalogue, col. 28
Summary Catalogue, Vol. 2, part 1, p. 53

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. 583

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

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