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MS. D'Orville 166

Summary Catalogue no.: 17044

1. (fol. 1)

Tibullus, Elegies

Rubric: Epistola prima Albii Tibulli ...

With the usual epitaph and short life

Language(s): Latin

2. (fol. 48)

Ovid, Heroides XV (epistle of Sappho to Phaon)

Rubric: Saphos vatis Elsbie[sic] Mitilene ad Phaonem Siculum amatorem

Explicit: Hec epistola fuit per Ovidium de Greco in Latinum translata

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: parchment

Extent: iii + 60 leaves

Dimensions (binding): 6.625 × 4.625 in.

Condition

In parts considerably rubbed.

Hand(s)

Humanistic script (Pächt and Alexander ii. 601)

Decoration

Close in style to MSS. from S. Guistina, Padua, e.g. J. R. Abbey collection, J. A. 6774. Pächt and Alexander ii. 601:

Good initials

History

Origin: 15th century, middle (1452 (?)) ; Italy, Padua

Provenance and Acquisition

On fol. iii recto is 'Munus concessum xxii Octobris MCCCCLII,' with 'ex antiquissimo manuscripto' added, and the whole nearly erased and copied by a later hand on fol. 59r. The date is a possible one for the writing as well as the gift, but the book would appear to have been written rather earlier.

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). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1970)

Summary Catalogue, Vol. 4, p. 78

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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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