MS. D'Orville 13
Summary Catalogue no.: 16891
Contents
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
iv + 258 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 11.75 × 8.5 in.
Hand(s)
Humanistic script (Pächt and Alexander ii. 222)
Decoration
Pächt and Alexander ii. 222, Pl. XX
Fine initials (for the beginning of each book)
Fine border fol. 1r
- Type border, upper, left and lower margin
- Subject Winged putto holding a wreath (centre left blank, presumably to be filled with a coat of arms). Three birds
History
Provenance and Acquisition
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 (February 2024) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1897). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1970)
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2024-02-01: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1897)