MS. D'Orville 178
Summary Catalogue no.: 17056
Contents
, Epigrams
Rubric: Marci Valerii Marcialis primus liber incipit feliciter, amen
Epigrams i. i-xiv. 211 ( 'qui tibi sępe dedit ')
Some are written as prose
Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: paper and parchment (the two outer and two inner leaves of each gathering of twelve leaves are of parchment)
Extent: i + 192 leaves.
Dimensions (binding): 9.5 × 6.5 in.
Condition
The last leaf is lost, but the verso of the preceding one is not completely filled.
Hand(s)
Humanistic script (Pächt and Alexander ii. 818)
History
Provenance and Acquisition
On fol. 1 in gold letters is '*Suetonius*'
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)