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'Viri clarissimi Francisci Petrarche poete lauread in obiurgantem medicum Inuectiuarum ...', Written in the first half of the 15th century in Italy

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MS. Jones 58
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'Viri clarissimi Francisci Petrarche poete lauread in obiurgantem medicum Inuectiuarum ...' libri quatuor: in parts soiled and mutilated. A love poem in English (late 16th cent.) is written on the margins of fols. 58v-66, beg. 'The rose is sweet.'.

Dates

  • Creation: Written in the first half of the 15th century in Italy

Extent

67 Leaves

Language of Materials

  • Latin

Shelfmark

MS. Jones 58

Other Finding Aids

Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. III, no. 8966

Custodial History

'Sampson Walker' (fol. 2v) and Roger and Richard Martin seem to have owned the book in the 17th cent.

Physical Facet

On parchment

Dimensions

5 7/8 × 4 3/8 in.

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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