MS. D'Orville 85
Summary Catalogue no.: 16963
Contents
Language(s): Latin
In five books
Contains a few later physical recipes (for softening iron,etc.)
Physical Description
Condition
Hand(s)
Humanistic script (Pächt and Alexander ii. 242). The first folio is a replacement and is in later writing. For other manuscripts written by the scribe see A. C. de la Mare, 'New research on humanistic scribes in Florence', in Miniatura fiorentina del Rinascimento, 1440-1525: un primo censimento (1985), 393-600 at 545 (no. 82)
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
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2024-03-06: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1897)