MS. D'Orville 94
Summary Catalogue no.: 16972
Contents
At fol. 58 is added a section 'de raptu virginum', &c.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: 60 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 11.25 × 7.625 in.
Condition
Some leaves damaged. Part of fol. 5 is torn off.
Hand(s)
The handwriting changes after fol. 42.
Decoration
Pächt and Alexander ii. 72, Pl. VII
Fine historiated diagram (coloured drawing) fol. 35v
- Type diagram
- Subject Full page figure of an old man bearing a blank table designed to illustrate the degrees of kinship. A man and woman standing on either side
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
Description adapted (March 2024) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1897). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1970)
Bibliography
Printed descriptions:
For a description and collation of this manuscript, see G. O. Reitzius, Miscellaneae observationes criticae novae, tom. v (1744), p. 326, vi (1745), p. 539, vii (1745), p. 645
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2024-03-25: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1897)