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

MS. D'Orville 139

Summary Catalogue no.: 17017

Contents

Cicero, De amicitia

With glosses

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper
Extent: iii + 17 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 7.625 × 5.625 in.

Hand(s)

Humanistic script (Pächt and Alexander ii. 619)

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander ii. 619:

Good initial.

History

Origin: 15th century, third quarter ; Italy, Padua (?)

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 (March 2024) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1897). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1970)

Last Substantive Revision

2024-03-25: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1897)