Harvard University, MS Lat 18

Metadata

DS ID:

DS10499

Shelfmark:

MS Lat 18

Title:

Heroides

Author:

Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D.

Ovid WIKIDATA

Date:

1416 Aug. 15.

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

lat

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 49 leaves, bound : vellum ; 23 cm.

Former Owner(s):

Antonio di Matteo di Giovanni Foresi da Bibbiena, active 16th century

Antonio di Matteo di Giovanni Foresi da Bibbiena WIKIDATA

Note:

Written in Florence by pupil Bartholomeus Laurentii of Fighino and completed by regent master Niccholaus ser Guidi (colophon, f. 49) in a gothic bookhand influenced by humanistic script.
In a 19th-cent. diced russia leather binding; in a protective tray case, 24.5 cm.
Formerly owned by: "Antonio di Matteo di Giovanni Foresi da Bibbiena" by 1533 (inscribed f. 47r-v).
Source of acquisition unknown.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Renaissance

Manuscripts, Medieval

Mythology, Classical

Epistolary poetry, Latin

Institutional Record:

https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990092986060203941/catalog

Holding Institution:

Harvard University