MS. D'Orville 19
Summary Catalogue no.: 16897
Contents
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: i + 148 leaves.
Dimensions (binding): 12.75 × 8.5 in.
Hand(s)
Humanistic script (Pächt and Alexander ii. 986)
History
Provenance and Acquisition
(Fol. 1) Arms of Castracani degli Antelminelli of Fano, with clerical hat. Cf. MS. Montagu e. 6
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 (June 2023) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1897). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1973).
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2023-06-27: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1897)