Harvard University, MS Lat 40

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DS ID:

DS11102

Shelfmark:

MS Lat 40

Title:

Iunii Iuvenalis Aquinatis poete satyrici

Author:

Juvenal

Juvenal WIKIDATA

Date:

1462 July 23.

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

lat

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 77 leaves, bound ; 21 cm.

Former Owner(s):

Bondieu, Jean, of Salins

Jean Bondieu WIKIDATA

Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872

Thomas Phillipps WIKIDATA

Labbey de Billy, Nicolas-Antoine

Nicolas Antoine Labbey de Billy WIKIDATA

Bibliotheca Billiana

Nicolas Antoine Labbey de Billy WIKIDATA

Note:

Written in a humanistic script in Bologna (colophon, f. 77). The first satire opens with a white vinestem decorated initial.
In a 19th-cent. English calf binding.
In a protective tray case, 23 cm.
Formerly owned by Jean Bondieu of Salins (inscription, f. 77v); Abbot Nicolas-Antoine Labbey de Billy of Besançon (1753-1825; stamp of Bibliotheca Billiana); sold by Thorpe, London, 1836, no. 735, to Sir Thomas Phillipps (MS 9174); his sale, London, Sotheby's, 1896, no. 786, to Bernard Quaritch; Quaritch, London, 1896, cat. 164, lot 104.
Purchased with the Charles Minot Bequest, 1897.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Medieval

rules (layout features)

Manuscripts, Renaissance

illuminations (paintings)

Verse satire, Latin

Institutional Record:

https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990093184530203941/catalog

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.lib.harvard.edu/manifests/drs:7861101

Holding Institution:

Harvard University