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MS. D'Orville 70

Summary Catalogue no.: 16948

Contents

Euclid, Elementa

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).

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
iv + 75 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 9.75 × 6.375 in.

Decoration

Diagrams

History

Origin: 14th century

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)

Contents

(fol. iv)
Liturgical text

One leaf, nearly erased

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 14th century

Additional Information

Record Sources

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

Last Substantive Revision

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