MS. D'Orville 59

Summary Catalogue no.: 16937

Orations, dissertations, etc.

Thirty-eight Latin orations, dissertations, etc. by Italian authors, including the following:

(fols 26r, 27r)

Two by Leonardo Bruni (Aretinus);

(fols 28r, 28v, 135v)

Three by Angelo Poliziano ;

The text on fol. 28v is in verse;

Rubric: Silua in Buccolicon Vergilij enarratione recitata

Incipit: (preface) Stabat adhuc rudibus

Incipit: Est dea que uacuo

(fols 72v, 78v, 96r, 103r, 127r)

Five by Poggio .

(fol. 181v)

One by Francesco Philelpho

There is a complete list on fol. 236

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: paper

ii + 243 leaves

Dimensions (binding): 8.75 × 8.625 in.

History

Origin: 15th century, late ; Italy

Provenance and Acquisition

'Horatij Sanch[i]nij'(?) [Sanclinii?], 16th century

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 (February 2024) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1897)

Summary Catalogue, Vol. 4, p. 52

Summary Catalogue, Vol. 4, p. 53

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2024-02-28: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1897)

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