Ps.-Apollodorus Athenaeus — 15th century

Title

Ps.-Apollodorus Athenaeus — 15th century

Agathemerus — 16th century

Shelfmark

MS. D'Orville 1

Date

16th century

15th century

Language

Ancient Greek (to 1453)

Contents

Physical extent

iii + 72 leaves

Binding

Parisian binding, 16th century, for Cardinal Antoine de Granvelle, with his emblem of a two-headed crowned eagle at each corner of the central panel; cf. Besançon MS. 484.

Acquisition

Acquired by the Bodleian in 1804

Provenance

Cardinal Antoine de Granvelle, 1517-1586: his binding.

François Perrenot de Granvelle, 1559-1607; identifiable in the 1607 inventory of his books at Besançon (Marie-Claire Waille. La bibliothèque des Granvelle : inventaire des livres et manuscrits présents au Palais Granvelle en 1607 : Edition du Ms. 1627, f. 38-80, de la Bibliothèque municipale de Besançon, Besançon : Académie de Besançon et de Franche-Comté, 2017; not seen in full).

Nicolas-Joseph Foucault, 1643–1721; acquired at the dispersal of his library by:

Jacques Phillippe D'Orville of Amsterdam (1690–1751) (MS. D'Orville 302, p. 1).

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

Title

'Απολλοδώρου'Αθηναίου γραμματικοῦ Βιβλιοθήκη' and 'Άγαθημἑρους [sic] τοῦ ''Ορθωνος ΓεωγραΦίας ύποτύπωσις'

Shelfmark

MS. D'Orville 1

Summary

Made up of two MSS., comprising:

(late 15th cent.?)(fol. 1) ''Απολλοδώρου'Αθηναίου γραμματικοῦ Βιβλιοθήκη'

(early 15th cent.?)(fol. 53) 'Άγαθημἑρους [sic] τοῦ ''Ορθωνος ΓεωγραΦίας ύποτύπωσις.'

Date

written in the 15th cent.

Language

Ancient Greek (to 1453)

Physical facet

On paper, Italian grolieresque, 16th cent., injured

Physical extent

72 Leaves