MS. D'Orville 120

Summary Catalogue no.: 16998

Euripides, Tragedies

Translated into Latin prose, partly in 1540

(fol. 5)

Iphigenia in Tauris

(fol. 33)

Rhesus

(fol. 50v)

Troades

(fol. 73)

Bacchae

Imperfect at end

(fol. 95)

Cyclops

(fol. 107v)

Heraclidae

Very imperfect

(fols 112, 131v)

Helena

Imperfect at end

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: paper

Extent: 136 leaves

Dimensions (binding): 9.25 × 6.75 in.

Hand(s)

Probably copied by 'Niclaus Bachman' (see below)

Binding

Red leather with some gold ornament, 17th century (?)

History

Origin: c. 1540

Provenance and Acquisition

At fols 130r-131r is a copy of a German letter from 'Niclaus Bachman', of Rapperschwyl [Rapperswil] (?), who probably wrote the whole volume

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

Description adapted (May 2024) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1897)

Summary Catalogue, Vol. 4, p. 66

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2024-05-03: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1897)

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