Shelfmark
MS 115
Author
Title
Jacopo della Lana, Commentary on Dante (in Italian). manuscript
Varying form of title
Title in M. R. James catalogue: Commentary of Benvenuto da Imola [sic] on the Divina commedia in Italian
Publication, distribution, etc.
Italy, between ca. 1450 and ca. 1500.
Physical description
1 volume (ii, 97, i leaves) : paper, initials ; 29.3 x 22 cm.
Note
The commentary on the Inferno and Purgatorio by Jacopo della Lana, first printed in 1477 and there ascribed to Benvenuto da Imola.
Note
A passage beginning "Poscia che dito et tocado breuemente ..." is squeezed in as an afterthought in the second column of f. 44v.
Note
Folio iii is ruled but blank on recto and verso, except for an 11-line note about Dante on the verso; f. 45rv is blank and without ruling.
Note
Foliated in a medieval hand (i-iii), 1-96, (97).
Note
Written space: ca. 230 x 175 mm.
Note
Frame ruling.
Note
Two columns of ca. 65 lines.
Note
Collation of ff. iii, 1-96: 1¹⁴ 2-4¹⁰ 5 one (f. 44) 6¹² 7-10¹⁰.
Note
Script: cursiva, by more than one hand.
Note
6-line initial in blue with red ornament on f. 1; other initials 2- or 3-line in blue o red.
Note
Secundo folio not recorded in Ker.
Note
Rebound at Eton ca. 1715.
Note
Written in Italy.
Note
16th century inscription on f. iii: "Io. Delphini"; see also MS 124.
Note
Former Eton shelfmark: Bl.3.1.
Note
This catalogue record is based on the work of Neil Ker and M.R. James, as cited in the references below.
Citation/references note
Ker, N. R.. Medieval manuscripts in British libraries, v. 2 (1977), p. 725-726
Citation/references note
James, M. R. A descriptive catalogue of the manuscripts in the library of Eton College (1895), 115
Citation/references note
Bernard, Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae, 1697, 45
Cite as
Eton College Library, MS 115
Provenance
No doubt bequeathed to Eton by Sir Henry Wotton in 1639.
Provenance
Previously belonged to Johannes Delphinus.
Binding
18th century English calf binding by Slatter.
Subject
Added entry--name
Benvenutus, de Imola attributed name.
Added entry--name
Delfino, Giovanni, 1545 - 1622 former owner.
Added entry--name
Slatter, John, active 1693 - 1721 bookbinder.
Added entry--place
Italy.
Language code
ita
Identifier
B50046