MS. Canon. Misc. 172
Summary Catalogue no.: 19648
Latin works of L. B. Alberti; Italy, c. 1487
Contents
Extract: de annulo libellus
Alberti's Latin translation of his own Italian treatise, with prefatory epistle to "Theodore"
Followed by later transcript of two edicts.
Physical Description
Hand(s)
Fols. 1-220: Gothic hybrida.
Fols. 221-238: humanistic cursive; scribe identified by Albinia de la Mare (reported in De Poli and Regoliosi) as the hand of Genoa, Bibl. Univ. G IV 29.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Date: see fols. 45r, 218r and cf. fol. 119v (1437): the date 1437 relates to the texts; De Poli and Regoliosi suggest the scribe inadvertently altered this on two occasions to the year of copying. Not listed in A. G. Watson, Dated and Datable Manuscripts in Oxford Libraries. De Poli and Regoliosi suggest a possible origin in Padua.
Pierleone da Spoleto, -1492 (?): annotations in his hand in the first codicological unit (identified by Albinia de la Mare, as reported in De Poli and Regoliosi)
Matteo Luigi Canonici, 1727–1805: lent by him to Jacopo Morelli of the Bibliotheca Marciana, returned 1805 (fol. 1r).
Purchased by the Bodleian in 1817
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Last Substantive Revision
2024-03: Description revised to include all information from Quarto catalogue and reference to published literature.