Harvard University, MS Lat 42

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS11100

Shelfmark:

MS Lat 42

Title:

Works

Author:

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

Ovid WIKIDATA

Date:

before 1471

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

lat

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 322 leaves, bound : vellum, paper ; 35 cm.

Former Owner(s):

Heber, Richard, 1773-1833

Richard Heber WIKIDATA

Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872

Thomas Phillipps WIKIDATA

Note:

Written in northern Italy, possibly Verona, in a humanistic script and probably dated before 1471 when this manuscript was used for textual edition; contains 3 white vinestem decorated initials.
Mostly on paper, interspersed with 100 (chiefly palimpsest) vellum leaves.
In a 15th-cent. Italian leather binding with blind tooling and four metal corner ornaments.
In a protective tray case, 38 cm.
Formerly owned by Richard Heber; his sale, London, Evans, 10 Feb. 1836, pt. XI, no. 1175, to Thorpe; Thorpe cat. 1836, no. 929; sold to Sir Thomas Phillipps (MS 9045); his sale, London, Sotheby's, 10 June 1896, no. 938, to Quaritch.
Purchased with the Charles Minot Bequest, 1897.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Medieval

rules (layout features)

palimpsests (manuscripts)

illuminations (paintings)

Manuscripts, Renaissance

Institutional Record:

https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990093188180203941/catalog

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.lib.harvard.edu/manifests/drs:15042925

Holding Institution:

Harvard University