MS. D'Orville 81
Summary Catalogue no.: 16959
Contents
, De inventione
Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
ii + 52 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 10.625 × 7.75 in.
Hand(s)
Humanistic script (Pächt and Alexander ii. 788)
Decoration
Pächt and Alexander ii. 788, pl. LXXIII
Fine initials of early humanistic type: J. J. G. Alexander, unpublished note, compares the early style of Cortese.
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) (annotated copy, Bodleian Library)
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (2 images 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)