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MS. D'Orville 161

Summary Catalogue no.: 17039

Contents

Virgil
Eclogues
Rubric: Buccolica
(fol. 14v)
Georgics
Rubric: Georgica
Aeneid
Rubric: Ęnęis

Aen. ii.565-589 are added on fol. 211v, not occurring in the text

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
i + 212 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 7.75 × 5 in.

Hand(s)

Humanistic script (Pächt and Alexander ii. 294). The scribe was identified by A. C. de la Mare (unpublished correspondence, 1988) as 'Gaspar Tommasi olim Antonii de Galdinellis de Castro florentino', citizen and notary of Florence, who signed BAV MS. Reg. lat. 2071 (14 Sept. 1469) and also wrote Beinecke MS. 165.

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander ii. 294, Pl. XXVII

Fine border

Fine initials

History

Origin: 15th century, third quarter ; Italy, Florence

Provenance and Acquisition

The name 'De Boury' (possibly 'De Brunj') (Pächt and Alexander: 'de Brun') has been added in a rondel, between two cherub-like beings, at the bottom of fol. 1 (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 (Adapted 2024) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1897). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1970)
Summary Catalogue, Vol. 4, p. 77

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (2 images from 35mm slides)

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2024-04-09: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1897)