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MS. D'Orville 76

Summary Catalogue no.: 16954

Contents

Cicero , Philippics
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Fine borders, historiated and other initials. By the Master of the Vitae imperatorum. Humanistic script. (P&A ii. 698, pl. LXVIII)

fol. 1r

  • Type initial A
  • Subject Teacher, seated, with a book open on a lectern, addresses two students seated on a bench.
  • Type full border
  • Subject Floral designs; arms of Bartolomeo Visconti, bp. of Novara, overpainted with the arms of a member of the family of Tournon.

History

Origin: 15th century, second quarter ; Italian, Milan

Record Sources

Summary description by Elizabeth Solopova and Matthew Holford, based on the Summary Catalogue and supplementary sources.
Summary Catalogue, Vol. 4, p. 57

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (3 images from 35mm slides)