MS. D'Orville 174
Summary Catalogue no.: 17052
Contents
, 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)
History
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)
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2024-01-05: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1897)