MS. D'Orville 11
Summary Catalogue no.: 16889
Contents
In 16 books, with each book headed by a coloured capital
Beginning lost.
Followed without a break, as if part of the original text, by 'De filia': 'Filie tibi sunt: noli faciem tuam hilarem ... nec de seueritate sis honori[sic] nec de familiaritate. Vale.' (= Bernard of Clairvaux, De consideratione, IV.6.21-2).
Physical Description
Hand(s)
Humanistic script by the same scribe as part of MS. Canon. Class. Lat. 228 (Pächt and Alexander ii. 617)
Decoration
Pächt and Alexander ii. 617, Pl. LX
Fine historiated border (retouched), perhaps added to the original manuscript. Fol. 1r: Full architectural border (retouched) with two putti, arms of Jacomo Zabarella, d. 1589 (?) and a cardinal's arms
Fine initials of Ferrarese style
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Owned by 'Iacobus Zabarella Pat(avinus) Com(es) Pal(atii),' whose arms, motto ('Sapiens dominabitur astris') and coloured titlepage (16th century) are on fol. 1. This appears to be the philosopher Jacobus Zabarella, senior (d. 1589). "A cardinal's arms appear above and perhaps connect with the original owner whose arms are probably overpainted" (Pächt and Alexander). See MS. D'Orville 75
Jacques Phillippe D'Orville of Amsterdam (1690–1751)
Jean D'Orville, b. 1734, his son, by descent
Jean D'Orville, son of Jean, by descent
Sold to the Rev. John Cleaver Banks (1765/1766–1845): purchased from him by the Bodleian
Acquired by the Bodleian in 1804
Record Sources
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (3 images from 35mm slides)
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Last Substantive Revision
2024-03-25: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1897)