MS. D'Orville 512
Summary Catalogue no.: 17390
Physical Description
Hand(s)
The hand is probably the same in both parts
History
Provenance and Acquisition
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
MS. D'Orville 512 – Part 1
Contents
Translated by Accio Zucco , in Latin verse; accompanied by an anonymous Italian translation (?).
There are prefatory and other poems, an epigram (beginning 'Aesopus fueram') and 66 Fables in Latin verse (beginning 'Vt iuuet & prosit', the 2nd beginning 'Dum rigido'), each followed by a 'Sonetto materiale' and 'Sonetto morale.'
The prefatory poem mentions the edition printed at Brescia in 1487
Physical Description
Layout
1 col., 32 lines, written spacde 150 × 70 mm.
Decoration
Spaces left for miniatures.
Coloured initials, rubrics.
History
MS. D'Orville 512 – Part 2
Contents
Translated by Lorenzo Valla, in Latin prose; accompanied by an anonymous Italian translation (?).
33 fables in Latin and Italian prose (the first beginning 'Uulpes & Capro sitibundi')
With the Latin dedication to Arnaldus Fonolleda, dated 24 May 1441.
Followed by a short religious poem in Italian
Physical Description
History
Provenance
'The same hand [as fols. 1-63] wrote the other text in the volume, fols. 64-75, but the impression is that it was done at a different time' (Watson).
Additional Information
Record Sources
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Last Substantive Revision
2024-02-01: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1897)