MS. Rawl. G. 66

Summary Catalogue no.: 14797

Rubric: Francisci Aretini in Phalaridis tyranni Agrigentini Epistolas ad illustrem principem Malatestam nouellum de Malatestis prooemium

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: parchment

Extent: 82 leaves

Dimensions (binding): 8.5 × 5.625 in.

Hand(s)

Humanistic script (Pächt and Alexander ii. 244)

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander ii. 244, Pl. XXI. Related to the style of Filippo di Matteo Torelli

Fine border, fol. 2r

Fine initial, fol. 2r

Simple coloured initials

History

Origin: 15th century, middle ; Italy, Florence

Provenance and Acquisition

Arms of Niccolò da Meleto (?); cf. Florence, Bibl. Naz., Panciatichi 70, written in 1455

'Questo libro e dj Thomaso di Bartolomeo Guidj citadjno Fjoretjno pro drag...' (fol. 1, partly erased; 16th century)

'Dom. comfo Gui...'

Richard Rawlinson, 1690–1755

Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1755

Record Sources

Description adapted (July 2024) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1895). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1970)

Summary Catalogue, Vol. 3, p. 356

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (1 image from 35mm slides)

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2024-07-08: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1895)

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