MS. D'Orville 82

Summary Catalogue no.: 16960

1. (fol. 1)

Cicero, Orator

Language(s): Latin

2. (fol. 42v)

Cicero, Brutus de claris oratoribus

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: parchment

iv + 102 leaves

Dimensions (binding): 10 × 6.625 in.

Hand(s)

Humanistic script (Pächt and Alexander ii. 240)

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander ii. 240, Pl. XXI

Fine initials

History

Origin: 15th century, middle ; Italy, Florence

Provenance and Acquisition

On fol. iv verso 'Liber mei Anastasii Vespuccj' (c. 1500 ?)

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. 58

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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