MS. Buchanan d. 5
Contents
Dogale
Commission from Francesco Donà, doge of Venice, to Marco Cigogna as rettore of Tinos and Mykonos.
A title-page from a dogale of Niccolò de Ponte, doge 1578–1585, replaces the original first leaf.
Language(s): Latin and Italian
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: 47 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 225 × 150 mm.
Layout
1 col., 23 lines; written space 150 × 95 mm.
Hand(s)
Humanistic cursiva
Decoration
Coloured initials
Binding
Gold-tooled leather, mid-16th century
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Dating clause, fol 43v, and date ‘M.D.XLVIII’ on the binding.
Rt. Hon. T. R. Buchanan (1846–1911).
His widow, Mrs. E. O. Buchanan.
Given by her to the Bodleian in 1941.
Record Sources
Description adapted (August 2019) from A. G. Watson, Catalogue of Dated and Datable Manuscripts c.435–1600 in Oxford Libraries (Oxford, 1984), no. 139.
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (1 image from 35mm slides)
Bibliography
Printed descriptions:
Otto Pächt and J. J. G. Alexander, Illuminated Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, II (1970), no. 1022
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2019-08-14: First online publication.