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MS. D'Orville 89

Summary Catalogue no.: 16967

Contents

1.
Sallust, Catilina
Language(s): Latin
2.
Sallust, Jugurtha
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Formerly bound with MS. D'Orville 79
Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Good penwork borders and initials. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 919)

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 ; Italian, Florence (?)

Record Sources

Summary description by Elizabeth Solopova and Matthew Holford, based on the Summary Catalogue and supplementary sources.
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

2017-07-01: First online publication.