MS. D'Orville 514
Summary Catalogue no.: 17392
Contents
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Decoration
Fine border, historiated and other initials. Humanistic script. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 270, pl. XXIV)
fol. 1r
- Type initial V; full border
- Subject Initial: profile half-figure of the author, holding a book. Border: interlace, floral designs, gold disks, birds, seated winged putto. In the lower margin two winged putti support a medallion left blank to be filled with a coat of arms.
Binding
Black leather with gold tooling (16th cent.?).
History
Record Sources
Summary description by Elizabeth Solopova and Matthew Holford, based on the Summary Catalogue and supplementary sources.
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (1 image from 35mm slides)
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2022-04-04: Add binding information from Summary Catalogue.