Shelfmark
MS 158
Author
Uniform title
[De mulieribus claris]
Title
J. Boccaccius, De mulieribus claris. manuscript
Varying form of title
Title in M. R. James catalogue: Io. Boccacius De mulieribus claris
Publication, distribution, etc.
Italy, between ca. 1450 and ca. 1500.
Physical description
1 volume (ii, 96, ii leaves) : paper ; 21 x 14 cm.
Note
Manuscript on paper of Boccaccio's De mulieribus claris, first printed in Ulm, 1473 (GKW 4483).
Note
The text is on ff. 1-94; ff. 94v-96v left blank.
Note
Nearly contemporary foliation.
Note
Written space: 143 x 85 mm.
Note
31 long lines.
Note
Pencil ruling, the top horizontal prolonged into the margins but not the bottom one, with double vertical bounders.
Note
Collation: 1-9¹⁰ 10⁶.
Note
Well-written in an upright humanistic hand.
Note
Spaces for 4-line (f. 1) and 3-line initials left blank.
Note
Secundo folio: et animi.
Note
Rebound at Eton around 1720.
Note
Written in Italy.
Note
Former Eton shelfmark: Bl.6.13.
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. 765
Citation/references note
James, M. R. A descriptive catalogue of the manuscripts in the library of Eton College (1895), 158
Citation/references note
Bernard, Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae, 1697, 33
Cite as
Eton College Library, MS 158
Provenance
Probably bequeathed to Eton College by Sir Henry Wotton.
Binding
18th century English calf binding by Slatter.
Subject
Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313 - 1375 Manuscripts.
Subject
Women Biography Early works to 1800 Manuscripts.
Added entry--name
Wotton, Henry (), 1568 - 1639 Sir former owner.
Added entry--name
Added entry--place
Italy.
Language code
lat
Identifier
B50124