MS. D'Orville 99
Summary Catalogue no.: 16977
Contents
A fragment, consisting of iv. 91 ('Cara Iouis')-vi. 289 ('tricorporis umbre')
Fols 1-40 of the original foliation having been lost, except the offset of fol. 1r, with the 1- and 10-line arguments
At the end the manuscript is simply unfinished
A short Latin-Italian glossary is on fols vi recto and 88r, and a Greek alphabet on fol. 88v
Alessando Aresti, 'L'edizione di glossari antichi prima e dopo Baldelli. Una rassegna degli studi e alcuni glossarietti inediti', Studia di lessicografia Italiana 34 (2017), 70-77
On fol. iv is an epigram on 'Gronovius Fur' (c. 1710 CE)
Physical Description
History
Provenance and Acquisition
On folio 88r, 'Hic liber est mei Bernardi Batholomei Eugenij de Fiaschis' (late 15th 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
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Last Substantive Revision
2024-03-25: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1897)