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MS. D'Orville 87

Summary Catalogue no.: 16965

Contents

Cicero, De officiis
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
ii + 103 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 9.375 × 6.5 in.

Hand(s)

Humanistic script (Pächt and Alexander ii. 246)

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander ii. 246, Pl. XXII

Fine initial

Fine border

fol. 1r

  • Type border, upper, left and lower margins
  • Subject Interlace, floral designs, winged putto. In the lower margin two winged putti support a medallion (blank inside)

History

Origin: 15th century, middle ; Italy, Florence

Provenance and Acquisition

'Lorenzo Memmo' is scribbled on fol. 101, 16th century

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

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (1 image from 35mm slides)

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

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

Data

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