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MS. Selden Supra 22

Summary Catalogue no.: 3410

Contents

Ps.-Quintillian, Declamationes
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Hand(s)

Humanistic script, possibly not written by an Italian. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 250)

Decoration

Fine border.

Fine initials. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 250, pl. XXII)

Binding

Stamped brown leather on boards, clasps partly gone, 15th cent. Venetian (?) work.

History

Origin: 15th century, middle ; Italian, Rome

Provenance and Acquisition

Probably made for Richard Bole, who was in Rome c. 1447–1448 and was later associated with the Kemp family. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 250)

John Selden, 1584–1654

Acquired by the Bodleian in 1659

Record Sources

Summary description by Elizabeth Solopova and Matthew Holford, based on the Summary Catalogue and supplementary sources.
Summary Catalogue, Vol. 2 Part 1, p. 622

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (2 images from 35mm slides)

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2022-04-04: Add binding information from Summary Catalogue.