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MS. D'Orville 148

Summary Catalogue no.: 17026

(fols. 1r–60v)

Fols. 1r-5v, 'tabula rubricarum' listing 181 sections.

Rubric: Marci Catonis Portij ⟨…⟩ Censorini de Re Rustica ad Catonem filium liber incipit feliciter

Incipit: Est interdum prestare

Explicit: nec uermes nocebunt. Amen. Laus deo.

Final rubric: Marci Catonis Portii maioris .S. Censorini De re rvstica ad catonem filivm liber explicit feliciter deo gratias Amen. [in capitals]

Missing part of c. 25 (here 35), cc. 26-66 (here 36-73), and part of c. 67 (here 74), due to the loss of quires between fols. 20 and 21 (see collation): ed. Mazzarino (Teubner, 1982), mssing from p. 35.17 'iubeto ob||' to p. 62.1 '||culario'. The text is discussed by S. P. Oakley, Studies in the Transmission of Latin Texts, Vol. II (Oxford University Press, 2023), ch 17.12 (sigl. Od).

Language(s): Latin

(fols. 61r–75r)

Giovanni da Spoleto, De vite et capro

Rubric: Iohannis spoletini ad prestantissimum virum dominum Ladiçlaum de chap. in curia serenissime imperatorie maiestatis dispensatorem etc. solatiosum opusculum de vite et capro

Incipit: In hesternum nostrum ratiocinium vir doctissime cum prodiisset vitis

Explicit: solatiosas quasdam adrefucillationes diuertere(?). Vale. Finem facio. Amen.

Filiation: Only this manuscript mentioned by Guido Arbizzoni, 'Giovanni da Spoleto (Giovanni di ser Buccio da Spoleto)', Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, 56 (2001)

Fols. 76v-78v blank.

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: parchment

Extent: i (endleaf, paper of the date of the binding) + 78 + i (endleaf, paper of the date of the binding) leaves

Dimensions (leaf): 165 × 115 mm.

Foliation: i, 1-79

Collation

1(10)-2(10) (fols. 1-20), [quires missing], 3(10)-7(10) (fols. 21-70), 8(8) (fols. 71-8)

Layout

Ruled in ink; 18 long lines; written above top line; ruled space 105 × 67–74 mm.

Hand(s)

Humanistic script.

Decoration

Partial vine-scroll border with arms, fol. 6r.

4-line initials in gold with vine-scroll decoration, fols. 6r, 61r.

Alternating 2-line initials in red or blue.

Binding

Parchment binding, 18th century(?); two ties, lost.

History

Origin: 15th century, middle ; Italian, Rome (?)

Provenance and Acquisition

Localized to Rome by Pächt and Alexander: it is unclear if the localization is based on art historical evidence, or is an inference (possibly erroneous, see below) from the early provenance.

Arms, fol. 6r, quarterly, first and fourth azure a crescent or, second and third checky argent (?) and gules

The same arms, and decoration in the same style, occur (as noted by Pächt and Alexander) in MS. Canon. Class. Lat. 26, which is inscribed 'Tyferni Vitelliorum' and later belonged to the Jesuit College, Città di Castello. The arms are those of the Vitelli family, identified by Pächt and Alexander (probably following Rietstap's Armorial Général) as 'Vitelli of Rome', but associated rather with Città di Castello (see the articles in Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, and P. Litta, Famiglie celebri di Italia. Vitelli di Città di Castello).

Fol. 78r, 'Dom⟨…⟩ Guido de Pratis de Manto⟨va⟩ ' (15th cent.).

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 (1765/6–1845): purchased from him by the Bodleian.

Acquired by the Bodleian in 1804.

Record Sources

Description by Matthew Holford (March 2024). Previously described in the Summary Catalogue.

Summary Catalogue, Vol. 4, p. 73

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (full digital facsimile)

Bibliography

Pächt and Alexander ii. 338

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2024-03: Description revised for publication on Digital Bodleian.

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