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MS. Selden Supra 54

Summary Catalogue no.: 3442

Contents

1. (fol. 1)
Bartolomeo Facio, Dialogus de uitae felicitate
Rubric: Ad Alfonsum Regem gloriosissimum Bartholomei Facij in Dialogum de vite felicitate prohemium

The Dialogue begins on fol. 4v, 'Cum Antonius Panormita'

Language(s): Latin
2. (fol. 46v)
Bartolomeo Facio, Letter to Bartolomeo Strozi
Language(s): Latin
3. (fol. 48)
Maffeo Vegio, De felicitate et miseria dialogus
Rubric: Mafei Vegei Laudensis de felicitate et miseria dialogus incipit
Incipit: Palinurus. Obsecro te O Charon
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: 72 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 8.75 × 6.125 in.
Foliation: 1-72 in modern pencil, including 9a, 9b and skipping 54 (therefore 3-8, 9a, 9b, 10-53, 55-72)

Collation

1(8) (fols. 3-8, 9a, 9b), 2(8)-5(8) (fols. 10-41), 6(6) (fols. 42-7), 7(8) (fols. 48-53, 55-6, with the foliation skipping 54 in error), 8(8) (fols. 57-64), 9(8-1, probably last last cancelled) (fols. 65-71). Fol. 72 is an endleaf.

History

Origin: 15th century, second half ; Italy

Provenance and Acquisition

Owned by 'Robert Pember' (fol. 70) in the 16th century

John Selden, 1584–1654

Acquired by the Bodleian in 1659

Record Sources

Description adapted (November 2023) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1922)

Last Substantive Revision

2024-02: Update foliation and add collation.