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MS. D'Orville 99

Summary Catalogue no.: 16977

Contents

Virgil, Aeneid

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

Language(s): Latin

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

Language(s): Latin, Italian and Greek

On fol. iv is an epigram on 'Gronovius Fur' (c. 1710 CE)

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: vi + 48 ('41-71', etc.) leaves
Dimensions (binding): 11.125 × 8.125 in.

History

Origin: 15th century, first half ; Italy

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

Record Sources

Description adapted (March 2024) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1897)

Last Substantive Revision

2024-03-25: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1897)