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MS. D'Orville 137

Summary Catalogue no.: 17015

Contents

1. (fol. 1)
Cicero, De senectute
Rubric: ... C. Maior vel de Senectute

With some glosses

Language(s): Latin
2. (fol. 29v)
Cicero, Paradoxa
Rubric: Paradoxa

With glosses.

Language(s): Latin
3. (fol. 41v)
Cicero, De amicitia

With glosses.

Language(s): Latin
4. (fol. 65)
Cicero, Somnium Scipionis

From the 6th book of the De Republica

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper
iii + 71 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 9 × 6 in.

History

Origin: 15th century ; Italy

Provenance and Acquisition

'Olim in Bibliotheca Cardinalis Nicolai Ridolfi Florent (d. 1550),

Printed bookplate of A. F. Gori (d. 1757), wearing his motto 'Curae sed deliciæ' and a note that the volume was bought in July 1744.

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 (1937)
Summary Catalogue, Vol. 4, p. 70

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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