A catalogue of Western manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries and selected Oxford colleges

MS. D'Orville 174

Summary Catalogue no.: 17052

Contents

Lucan, Pharsalia
Rubric: Marci Annei Lucani poete Cordubensis Pharsalie
Final rubric: Explicit liber Romanorum id est olim dominorum

With some notes and glosses

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper
i + 185 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 9.375 × 6.75 in.

Hand(s)

Humanistic script (Pächt and Alexander ii. 981)

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander ii. 981

Initial

History

Origin: 15th century, end ; Italy

Provenance and Acquisition

The catalogue of J. C. Strackhovius states that there are marginal and interlinear notes by Angelus Politianus (d. 1494)

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 adapted (January 2024) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1897). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1970)

Last Substantive Revision

2024-01-05: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1897)