Opicinus of Canistris
Vaticanus Latinus 6435
Issue 01 — Fall 2019 — Session 03 —
Microliteratures: In the Margins of the Law
By Jesús R. Velasco | Published on September 11, 2019
By Jesús R. Velasco | Published on September 11, 2019
These are the manuscripts transmitting Opicinus of Canistris’ collection of drawings and texts, that include an autography (or even autobiography), several versions of imaginary maps of Europe, Africa, and the Mediterranean, other micro texts from several different sources. All in latin. Preserved at the Vatican Library.
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With the help of the articles here uploaded, and the images from the manuscripts (and a lot of patience) we will be doing a general, mainly superficial reading of the work of Opicinus of Canistris, a priest and notary at the papal court of Avignon, born in Pavia in 1296.
