MS. Rawl. G. 68
Summary Catalogue no.: 14798
Contents
This is Procopius's work which Leonardo Bruni of Arezzo, thinking that he possessed the only manuscript of it, issued as his own work
Physical Description
Decoration
Pächt and Alexander ii. 737, pl. LXXI Related to the style of the so-called 'Ippolyta Master'. Humanistic script
Fine border
Fine initials
Summary Catalogue: Fine border on fol. 2 with erased coat of arms
Binding
Contemporary Italian stamped binding, with one clasp (two lost)
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Erased coat of arms with crest and initials 'I. O', fol. 2; Pächt and Alexander suggested 'possibly Giovanni Ferrufini', cf. Paris, Bibl. Nat. Latin 665 with his arms and the initials 'I. O.', and MS. Auct. T. 4. 16. The same initials are also found in Princeton University Library MS. Kane 44, Holkham Hall, Norfolk, MS. 345, Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett MS. 78.C.25, and former Dyson Perrins MS. 64, all Milanese manuscripts. Suzanne Reynolds, A catalogue of the manuscripts in the library at Holkham Hall I (2015), p. 224, cites further literature on initials I. O. in Milanese manuscripts of this period.
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1755
Record Sources
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (2 images from 35mm slides)
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2023-01-25: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1895)