MS. D'Orville 211
Summary Catalogue no.: 17089
Contents
Eight poems, the name of Joannes Sagundinus heads the first.
Three poems, the name 'Marius Phi(losophus)' heads the first poem
Physical Description
Hand(s)
Humanistic script (Pächt and Alexander ii. 582)
History
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
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2024-02-01: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1897)