Harvard University, MS Lat 155

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS11023

Shelfmark:

MS Lat 155

Title:

Auli Flacci Persii; Poete satyrarum opus

Author:

Persius

Persius WIKIDATA

Date:

ca. 1475

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

lat

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 24 leaves, bound : vellum ; 17 cm.

Former Owner(s):

Powell, Francis Sharp, Sir

Sir Francis Powell, 1st Baronet WIKIDATA

Note:

Written in northern Italy, probably in Venice, in an Italic script, with decorated letters at each satire (some excised). An unidentified coat of arms of original owner, mostly effaced, appears on f. 1r.
In a 15th-cent. Italian morocco binding with blind tooling and brass clasps.
In a protective tray case, 18 cm.
Belonged to Sir Francis Sharp Powell, Bart., of Horton Hall, Bradford, Yorkshire; his sale, Sotheby's, London, 16 Dec. 1929, no. 783.
Purchased with funds from the Friends of the Library, 1936.

Keyword:

rules (layout features)

Manuscripts, Renaissance

Verse satire, Latin

Institutional Record:

https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990093441620203941/catalog

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.lib.harvard.edu/manifests/drs:17695733

Holding Institution:

Harvard University