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MS. D'Orville 525

Summary Catalogue no.: 17403

Physical Description

Composite: fols. 1–26 || fols. 27–67
Support: Parchment (Watson, Dated and Datable, wrongly says paper)
i + 68
Dimensions (binding): 9.875 × 7 in.
Dimensions (leaf): 238 × 165 mm.

Layout

1 col., 29 lines; written space c. 150 × 92 mm.

Hand(s)

Both parts written in humanistic script by Johannes Pottere de Ziriczee; fols 1-26 being written in 1454 and fols 27 to the end in 1456 (Pächt and Alexander ii. 344)

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander ii. 344

Initials

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 525 – Part 1

Contents

1. (fol. 1)
P. P. Vergerio, De ingenuis moribus
Rubric: Petri Pauli Vergerii de ingenuis moribus et literalibus studiis adolescentie
Colophon: Deo gracias. Sub annis Domini 1454 mensis Aprilis 6ta die scilicet Rome per Joannem Poctere summi opificis adiutorio feliciter scriptum
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Coloured initials.

History

Origin: 1454 ; Italy, Rome

MS. D'Orville 525 – Part 2

Contents

1. (fol. 27)
Ps.-Aristotle, Economica
Rubric: Leonardi Arretini Epistola ... pro sua nova traductione libri Economicorum Aristotelis ...

Translated by Leonardo Bruni

With commentary and letter

Language(s): Latin
2. (fol. 51v)
Plutarch, De liberorum educatione
Rubric: Plutarchi liber de liberis educandis per Guarinum Veronensem uirum clarissimum per me Johannem Pottere de Ziriczee Rome sub annis Domini 1456. 14. Februarij felieiter scriptus & completus. Deo gratias. Amen'

Translated by Guarino of Verona

Preceded by a preface.

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 1456 ; Italy, Rome

Additional Information

Record Sources

Description adapted (February 2024) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1897) and Watson, Dated and Datable. Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1970)
Summary Catalogue, Vol. 4, p. 134

Bibliography

    Printed descriptions:

    A. Watson, Catalogue of Dated and Datable Manuscripts in Oxford Libraries (1984), no. 445

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2024-02-01: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1897)