MS. D'Orville 180

Summary Catalogue no.: 17058

Statius, Thebais,

i. i-xii.756 ('Tesea iussi'), a leaf being lost

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: parchment

ii + 228 leaves

Dimensions (binding): 7.5 × 5.375 in.

Hand(s)

Humanistic script (Pächt and Alexander ii. 249)

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander ii. 249

Fine border.

Fine initials.

History

Origin: 15th century, middle ; Italy, Florence

Provenance and Acquisition

Arms painted out, possibly della Rena of Florence, fol. 1.

'Al signore Alberto Reinold' [Pächt and Alexander: Alberto Reina] (17th century), fol. 1

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)

Summary Catalogue, Vol. 4, p. 82

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

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

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