MS. D'Orville 75

Summary Catalogue no.: 16953

Language(s): Latin

Rubric: Marci Tulii Ciceronis Epistolarum familiarium...

Libri xvi, preceded by a list of the letters

(fol. 153v)

In a different hand is a genealogy of the Zabarella family from c. 1200 to c. 1450, compiled by Jacobus Zabarella (d. 1589).

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: parchment

Extent: x + 156 leaves

Dimensions (binding): 10.875 × 5.625 in.

Hand(s)

Humanistic script (Pächt and Alexander ii. 417)

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander ii. 417, Pl. XLI

Fine border

Fine initial

Other initials in a different style

History

Origin: 15th century, third quarter ; Italy, Ferrara (?)

Provenance and Acquisition

Zabarella family of Padua: arms, fol. 1r, and cf. fol. 154r. Genealogy compiled by Jacobus Zabarella (d. 1589).

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 (March 2024) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1897). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1970)

Summary Catalogue, Vol. 4, p. 56

Summary Catalogue, Vol. 4, p. 57

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (1 image from 35mm slides)

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2024-03-25: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1897)

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