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MS. D'Orville 32

Summary Catalogue no.: 16910

Contents

Nonius Marcellus, De compendiosa doctrina
Rubric: Index earum rerum que Hoc codice continentur. Nonij Marcelli peripathetici Tibycinensis Compe⟨n⟩diosa doctrina per litteras ad filium deproprietate sermonum
Incipit: Auernus lacus
Explicit: Explicit Nonius Marcellus Ferarie die xxvij decembris. 1427. Ad Portam Gusmarie.

Proceeds in alphabetical order of the first letter to 'Vitare est cauere differunt. lucre. in. vj. Et esse plus uitare quod cauendum maxime'

Then (fol. 64v) 'Hec sequentia licet non ex Nonio Marcello sint non tamen omnino renuenda sunt' followed by explanations of 'Usquequo' and 'Usquequaque'

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
ii + 67 leaves (= 64 + i medieval leaves)
Dimensions (binding): 13.25 × 9.375 in.
Dimensions (leaf): 320 × 225 mm.

Condition

Some leaves rubbed and stained

Layout

2 cols.; 54 lines; column space 227 × 70 mm.

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander ii. 381

Good penwork initials.

History

Origin: 1427 ; Italy, Ferrara

Provenance and Acquisition

On fol. 1 is a coat of arms, azure between six stars or a stone argent, thereon two rings: identified by Pächt and Alexander as Sacrati of Ferrara.

'Jo de C' at the end of the text. Corrections and additions by Ludovico Carbone. Cf. 'Jo de G' in MS. E. D. Clarke 20 (also annotated by Carbone) and 'Jo Mar G' in MS. E. D. Clarke 24.

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 (1973); additional description from Watson (1984).
Summary Catalogue, Vol. 4, p. 45

Bibliography

    Printed descriptions:

    A. Watson, Catalogue of Dated and Datable Manuscripts in Oxford Libraries (1984), no. 434

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2024-02-28: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1897)