MS. D'Orville 84

Summary Catalogue no.: 16962

1. 1

Cicero, De finibus

Rubric: M. T. C. De finibus bonorum & malorum ...

Language(s): Latin

2. (fol. 95v)

Cicero, Academica

Rubric: Flamentum [sic for fragmentum] Academicorum quod reperitur

Book I

With scholia

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: parchment

ii + 109 leaves

Dimensions (binding): 10 × 6.75 in.

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander ii. 300

Good initial (unfinished)

Good border (unfinished)

History

Origin: 15th century, third quarter ; Italy, Florence (?)

Provenance and Acquisition

'G. V' (?) (15th century) is on fol. 1, surmounted by a cross

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 (1966)

Summary Catalogue, Vol. 4, p. 59

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2024-03-06: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1897)

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