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

MS. D'Orville 211

Summary Catalogue no.: 17089

Contents

1. (fol. 1)
Giovanni Pontano, Poems
Colophon: Pontani poete liber explicit
Language(s): Latin
2. (fol. 29v)
Giovanni Sagundino (?), Poems

Eight poems, the name of Joannes Sagundinus heads the first.

Language(s): Latin
3. (fol. 34)
Giovanni Mario Filelfo (?), Poems

Three poems, the name 'Marius Phi(losophus)' heads the first poem

Language(s): Latin
4. (fol. 35v)
Gregorius Tiphernus, Poems

Five poems attributed to 'Gregorius Typhernus'.

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: vi + 53 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 7.25 × 4.5 in.

Hand(s)

Humanistic script (Pächt and Alexander ii. 582)

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander ii. 582

Fine border (fol. 1)

Fine initial

History

Origin: 15th century, end ; Italy, Venice

Provenance and Acquisition

On fol. 1 is a coat of arms party per fess or and azure, six cinquefoils pierced counterchanged: identified in Pächt and Alexander as arms of the Loredan family of Venice.

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

Last Substantive Revision

2024-02-01: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1897)