University of Chicago, Codex Ms. 14
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- DS ID:
- DS16656
- Shelfmark:
- Codex Ms. 14
- Title:
- Bibliotheca historica
- Author:
- Diodorus, Siculus
- Place:
- Florence, Italy?
- Date:
- ca. 1450-1460
- Language:
- lat
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 1 volume (190 leaves) ; 284 x 205 (183 x 108) mm (fol.)
- Former Owner(s):
- Taccone, Francesco, marchese, 1763-1818
- Note:
- Collation: Paper, iii + 190 (foliated 1-51, 51-99, 101-119, 119-179, 190-199) + iii; 1-1910; catchwords in center of bottom margin.
Script: Written in humanistic cursive by one principal scribe. Marginal notes (mostly indexing entries) principally in a skillful humanistic minuscule.
Decoration: some capitals in red. Spaces left for initials at the beginning of each book were not filled in.
Binding: 18th-century red-brown calf over boards, gold tooled with the arms of Cardinal Braschi-Onesti (later Pius VI).
Annotations in 3 cursive hands, two 15th-century and one 16th-century. From the library of Marchese Taccone of Naples. Purchased by the University of Chicago from S. Calvary & Co. of Berlin in 1891. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2644995
- Holding Institution:
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