MS. D'Orville 514
Summary Catalogue no.: 17392
Contents
1. (fol. 1)
, Il Canzoniere Rubric: ... Sonectorum & Cantilenarum liber incipit
367 Italian poems.
With index of first lines.
Language(s): Italian
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
ix + 174 leaves:
Dimensions (binding): 9.5 × 5.875 in.
Hand(s)
Humanistic script (Pächt and Alexander ii. 270)
Decoration
Pächt and Alexander ii. 270, Pl. XXIV, no. 270
Fine border
Historiated initials
Other initials
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 century)
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
Record Sources
Description adapted (January 2024) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1897). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (197o)
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (1 image from 35mm slides)
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2024-01-05: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1897)