(Q46916)
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23 July 2024
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Works and days; The shield of Heracles ; Theogony
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Works
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Rota, Giovanni Battista, -1786
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Manuscripts, Renaissance--Italy--1500-1550
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1500-1525
16. century
1500Gregorian
1525Gregorian
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Extent: 213 leaves, bound ; 23 cm.
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Written by 6 scribes, in scholarly cursive scripts, in medium and dark brown inks, titles and initials in red.
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A few initials are pen-ornamented. There are crude drawings on ff. 67r and 198v.
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Copied probably in Italy and possibly in Terra d'Otranto (cf. MS Bodley Gr. class. e. 17).
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Bound in contemporary limp goatskin.
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In a tray case, 24 cm.
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Signature "Joannis Baptistae Rotae" on f. 1r.
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Purchased with the Constantius fund, 1942.
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25 July 2024
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