(Q45809)
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Divinae institutiones
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Lactantius, approximately 240-approximately 320
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Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872
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Beatty, A. Chester Sir, 1875-1968
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Manuscripts, Medieval--Italy--1450-1500
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Manuscripts, Medieval--Italy--1400-1450
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ca. 1450
15. century
1450Gregorian
1450Gregorian
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Extent: 269 leaves, bound : vellum ; 28 cm.
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Title from table of chapters, f. 1r.
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Written in a humanistic roman hand in brownish ink in one column. Greek passages are supplied by a different, crowded, hand in red.
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There are 1 large historiated initial with inhabited foliate border (f. 1v), 10 large foliate initials, and many illuminated initials. A cardinal's arms drawn on f. 1r have been erased.
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Bound in limp vellum, gilt, with ties.
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In a tray case, 29 cm.
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Sir Thomas Phillipps (bought from Payne, 1848; MS 12283); Sir A. Chester Beatty ("W. MSS. 104. III" inside front board; his sale, London, Sotheby's, 9 May 1933, II, lot 57).
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Deposited by Philip Hofer, 1967; bequeathed, 1984.
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23 July 2024
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23 July 2024
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