MS. D'Orville 70
Summary Catalogue no.: 16948
Contents
Books I-XXV.2
Latin translation
Fol. 1r-39r, an unidentified translation of I-X.36, perhaps a 13th-century commentary; fols. 39r-71v, X.36-XV.2, the translation of Adelard of Bath, version I. Marshall Clagett, 'The Medieval Latin Translations from the Arabic of the Elements of Euclid, with Special Emphasis on the Versions of Adelard of Bath', Isis, 44, No. 1/2 (Jun., 1953), 16-42 at 18 and n. 6.
Fols. 61v-62v, a text on the hyberbola ('De duabus lineis') translated from Arabic by John of Palermo (Marshall Clagett, 'A Medieval Latin Translation of a Short Arabic Tract on the Hyperbola', Osiris 11 (1953), 359-85).
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Provenance and Acquisition
'Andreas Franciscus' is written on fol. 72v
'Di m. Cosimo battolj nº 80' (16th century) on fol. 1
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 70 – endleaf (fol. iv)
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Last Substantive Revision
2024-02-28: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1897)