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MS. D'Orville 89

Summary Catalogue no.: 16967

Contents

1. (fol. 1)
Sallust, Catilina
Rubric: Salustij Crispi de coniuratione Cateline liber ...
Language(s): Latin
2. (fol. 19)
Sallust, Jugurtha
Rubric: Salustij Crispi de bello Jugurtino liber ...
Colophon: (fol. 53) liber explicit completusque die decima mensis decembris anni Mccccxvij. Deo gratias Amen.
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Formerly bound with MS. D'Orville 79
Form: codex
Support: parchment
i + 55 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 10.375 × 7.25 in.

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander ii. 919

Good initials

Good penwork borders

fol. 1r

  • Type initial O
  • Subject Penwork

fol. 1r

  • Type border, left and lower margins
  • Subject Floral designs, laurel wreath with erased coat of arms

fol. 19r

  • Type initial F
  • Subject Prneork, floral designs

History

Origin: 1417 ; Italy, Florence (?)

Provenance and Acquisition

Erased arms in a wreath, fol. 1r.

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) and Watson (1984)
Summary Catalogue, Vol. 4, p. 59

Bibliography

    Printed descriptions:

    A. Watson, Catalogue of Dated and Datable Manuscripts in Oxford Libraries (1984), no. 438

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

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