MS. D'Orville 142
Summary Catalogue no.: 17020
Contents
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: v + 41 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 9.25 × 6.625 in.
Hand(s)
Humanistic script (Pächt and Alexander ii. 534)
Binding
Red leather with gold tooling (16th century?). Same binding as MS. D'Orville 143
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 (March 2024) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1897). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1970)
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Last Substantive Revision
2024-03-25: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1897)