MS. D'Orville 136
Summary Catalogue no.: 17014
Contents
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: v + 181 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 8 × 5.875 in.
Binding
Brown leather with gold tooling (16th century?)
History
Provenance and Acquisition
'Sum Jacobi Tollii e Grinnibus Trajectini' (d. 1696)
'Nunc Petri Francii Amstelod' (d. 1703)
Johannes de Witt, 1678-1734; his sale, Bibliotheca Wittiana (1736), p. 43 n. 318, and see MS. D'Orville 302, Auctores in quarto 10.
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 (March 2024) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1897) with additional reference to literature as cited. Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1966)
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2024-03-25: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1897)