MS. D'Orville 9
Summary Catalogue no.: 16887
Corpus Caesarianum
Contents
Language(s): Latin
(fol. 1)
, De bello gallico , De bello Gallico, Book 8
Ends 'una a. CN. pompeio altera', a few lines being lost
(fol. 116)
, De bello Alexandrino (fol. 124v)
De bello Africano (fol. 142)
De bello Hispanico Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
iii + 150 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 13.5 × 9.625 in.
Condition
Fol. 1 is a later leaf in the place of a leaf bearing an illumination. So too a leaf is wanting after fol. 78, and illuminations have elsewhere been cut out, and inferior paintings pasted in their place
Decoration
Initials cut out, with later replacements pasted in.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Some Italian names are scribbled on fol. ii.
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 (May 2024) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1897)
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2024-05-03: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1897)