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MS. D'Orville 159

Summary Catalogue no.: 17037

Contents

1.
Virgil, Eclogues (with some glosses)
Language(s): Latin
2. (fol. 18)
Virgil, Georgics (with some glosses)
Language(s): Latin
3. (fol. 63)
Poem
Incipit: Dolor pianto

13 line poem, added in 1511

Compare fol. 2

Language(s): Italian

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper
ii + 66 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 8.75 × 5.875 in.

History

Origin: 15th century, second half, and 1511 ; Italy

Provenance and Acquisition

From the scribbling on fols 64-65, the volume seems to have belonged to Bartolomeo Lioni of Florence (early 16th century ?)

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)
Summary Catalogue, Vol. 4, p. 77

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Last Substantive Revision

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

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