MS 158
[De mulieribus claris]
J. Boccaccius, De mulieribus claris. manuscript
Title in M. R. James catalogue: Io. Boccacius De mulieribus claris
Italy, between ca. 1450 and ca. 1500.
1 volume (ii, 96, ii leaves) : paper ; 21 x 14 cm.
Manuscript on paper of Boccaccio's De mulieribus claris, first printed in Ulm, 1473 (GKW 4483).
The text is on ff. 1-94; ff. 94v-96v left blank.
Nearly contemporary foliation.
Written space: 143 x 85 mm.
31 long lines.
Pencil ruling, the top horizontal prolonged into the margins but not the bottom one, with double vertical bounders.
Collation: 1-9¹⁰ 10⁶.
Well-written in an upright humanistic hand.
Spaces for 4-line (f. 1) and 3-line initials left blank.
Secundo folio: et animi.
Rebound at Eton around 1720.
Written in Italy.
Former Eton shelfmark: Bl.6.13.
This catalogue record is based on the work of Neil Ker and M.R. James, as cited in the references below.
Ker, N. R.. Medieval manuscripts in British libraries, v. 2 (1977), p. 765
James, M. R. A descriptive catalogue of the manuscripts in the library of Eton College (1895), 158
Bernard, Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae, 1697, 33
Eton College Library, MS 158
Probably bequeathed to Eton College by Sir Henry Wotton.
18th century English calf binding by Slatter.
Women Biography Early works to 1800 Manuscripts.
Wotton, Henry (), 1568 - 1639 Sir former owner.
Slatter, John, active 1693 - 1721 bookbinder.
Italy.
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