MS. D'Orville 79
Summary Catalogue no.: 16957
Contents
1.
, Speeches With some glosses
Language(s): Latin
(fol. 1)
De lege Manilia Rubric: ... Marci Tullij Ciceronis de magni Pompeij laudibus...
(fol. 11)
Rubric: ... Miloniana
(fol. 27)
Rubric: ... Pro Cn. Plancio...
(fol. 44v)
Rubric: ... Pro Sylla...
(fol. 59)
Rubric: ... Pro Marco Marcello...
2. (fol. 63)
; , Inuectiuae Rubric: C. Crispi Salustij contra M. T. Cyceronem incipit Inuectiua
Followed by the 'Responsio' of Cicero
Language(s): Latin
3. (fol. 67v)
, De officiis Book I, chapters 1-26 (ends 'potiusque et amicis (impertientes)'), some leaves being lost
Language(s): Latin
4. (fol. 81)
Orationes in Catilinam Two leaves of the fourth oration against Catiline, chapters 6-11 ('clarisimus uir armatus - firmissimo me')
Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Formerly bound with MS. D'Orville 89
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: i + 83 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 10.375 × 7.25 in.
Hand(s)
By the same scribe as MS. D'Orville 89, dated 1417.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
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)
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2024-03-25: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1897)