A catalogue of Western manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries and selected Oxford colleges

MS. D'Orville 82

Summary Catalogue no.: 16960

Contents

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)

Last Substantive Revision

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