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

MS. D'Orville 142

Summary Catalogue no.: 17020

Contents

Pomponius Mela, Cosmographia
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Fine initial. Humanistic script. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 534)

Binding

Red leather with gold tooling (16th cent.?).

History

Origin: 15th century, third quarter ; Italian, Venice or Ferrara (?)

Record Sources

Summary description by Elizabeth Solopova and Matthew Holford, based on the Summary Catalogue and supplementary sources.

Last Substantive Revision

2022-04-04: Add binding information from Summary Catalogue.