A catalogue of Western manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries and selected Oxford colleges

MS. D'Orville 138

Summary Catalogue no.: 17016

Contents

Cicero, De senectute
Rubric: Marci Tullij Ciceronis liber de Senectute ...

With some glosses

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper
Extent: iii + 22 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 8.625 × 6 in.

History

Origin: 15th century

Provenance and Acquisition

'Radulphus Sancti Quintini' in red, in a hand perhaps of end of the 15th century, is on fol. 19v

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 (April 2024) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1897)

Last Substantive Revision

2024-04-08: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1897)