(Q47471)
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Historia de preliis
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Leo, Archipresbyter, active 10th century
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Hodgkin, John Eliot
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Libri, Guillaume, 1803-1869
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Manuscripts, Medieval--Italy,--1300-1350
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Manuscripts, Medieval--Italy--1250-1300
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Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C.--Romances
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ca. 1275-ca. 1350
13. century
14. century
1275Gregorian
1350Gregorian
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Extent: 12 leaves, bound : vellum, ill. ; 30 cm.
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Recension J³.
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Written in Italy, probably in Bologna, in a southern gothic bookhand. First folio contains one historiated initial of Alexander the Great enthroned and an illuminated acanthus border; colored initials with pen flourishes at secondary divisions.
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In a 15th-cent. (?) Italian binding of wooden boards with later leather spine.
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In protective tray case, 32 cm.
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Formerly owned by Guglielmo Libri; his sale, London, Sotheby's, 28 Mar. 1859, no. 35 to Morton; John Eliot Hodgkin (d. 1912, bookplate); his sale, London, Sotheby's 12 May 1914, no. 27 to F. S. Ellis, bookseller.
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Purchased with the Charles Minot Fund, 1914.
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23 July 2024
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23 July 2024
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