Physical description: On parchment. ii + 156 + ii leaves, hard point ruling. 280 x 203 mm.
Contents: Prologus, Epitoma Donatii in Terentium; f.93b: Epitoma commentarii in Strabonis libros iv, v, vi.
Decoration: Initials: three 8-line with white vine decoration, gold on blue, green and purple with white dots; 4-line and 3-line initials with sanme decoration. f.1 continuous border with roundel of Terence(?), arms of Ferdinand of Aragon, King of Naples 1458-14, and parrot-like bird, 'attributable to Gioachino dei Gigantibus' (MERT 74).
Binding: Conservation work by Ian Maver (see 2002 citation below). 19th century half-leather with cloth sides, with binder's label of Woolstencroft, Warrington.
Provenance 1459-1459: Written for Ferdinand, King of Naples, in humanistic script, c.1459.
Provenance 1800-1900: owned by Camillo Minieri-Riccio (1818-1882).
Provenance 1900-1900: Thomas Glazebrook Rylands bequest (1900). Rylands catalogue, pages 8-9.
Published citations and unpublished notes:
1943-1953: T. de Marinis, La biblioteca napoletana dei re d'Aragona (Milan, 1943-53). v.2, pages 57-60 reprints an inaccurate version of the Prologus, and reports this MS to be lost.
1953/1955: former MSS handlist cites correspondence with P.O. Kristeller suggesting provenance of C. Miniero Riccio (1812-1882).
1961: P.O. Kristeller review in Manuscripta 5 (1961) pages37/8 "might very well have been written by Curlo himself". But thought unlikely by Dr. A.C. de la Mare (see MERT 74).
2002: Lien Gyles & Ian Maver (2002), 'Conserving eleven late mediæval manuscripts for Liverpool University', Studies in Conservation, 47:sup5, 88-91. doi: 10.1179/sic.2002.47.s3.018. https://doi.org/10.1179/sic.2002.47.s3.018
Microfilm copy available for consultation.
