MS. D'Orville 517
Summary Catalogue no.: 17395
Contents
This title probably covers fols 1-49v, but several additional poems in Latin follow, presumably by the same author
Cornazzano dedicates a poem (‘Ad illustrissimam virginem Blancam Mariam Esten. doctissimam’) on fol. 59r to Bianca Maria d’Este (1440–1505), which begins ‘Candida tam vita quae vultu et nomina virgo’ (see Diego Zancani, 'Writing for Women Rulers in Quattrocento Italy: Antonio Comazzano', in Women in Italian Renaissance Culture and Society [2000], 56-74).
Physical Description
Hand(s)
Humanistic script (Pächt and Alexander ii. 734)
History
Provenance and Acquisition
On fol. 1 are the initials 'Iō Mã' and Pächt and Alexander (ii. 734) note that these perhaps refer to Gian Matteo Bottigella; for comparable initials, see MS. Canon. Class. Lat. 295. The initials are written above a coat, azure a column or surmounted by cross keys argent on a chief of the second an eagle displayed gules (or sable?) and Pächt and Alexander (ii. 734) suggest that the arms are probably those of the Visconti d'Aragona. (Gian Matteo Bottigella married Bianca Visconti.) Cf. MS. Canon. Class. Lat. 295.
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
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Digital Bodleian (1 image from 35mm slides)
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Last Substantive Revision
2024-02-01: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1897)