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MS. D'Orville 162

Summary Catalogue no.: 17040

Contents

1. (fol. 1)
Tibullus, Elegies

With a few glosses, and a copy of Tibullus' epitaph.

Language(s): Latin
2. (fol. 49)
Ovid, De remedio amoris

With a few glosses.

Language(s): Latin
3. (fol. 69)
Ps.-Ovid, De cuculo
Rubric: Conueniunt cuncti
Language(s): Latin
4.
Ps.-Ovid, Philomela
Rubric: Dulcis amica ueni
Language(s): Latin
5.
Ps.-Ovid, De pulice
Rubric: Parue pulex
Language(s): Latin
6. (fol. 73)
Ovid, Heroides

XV (Epistle of Sappho to Phaon).

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper
i + 84 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 8.75 × 6 in.

History

Origin: 15th century ; Italy

Provenance and Acquisition

On fols 49, 73 is 'Contuli N[icolas] H[einsius]'

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 (May 2024) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1897)
Summary Catalogue, Vol. 4, p. 77

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2024-05-03: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1897)