Lives of saints (quires 5-8 of a larger manuscript); 10th century
MS. D'Orville 526
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Lives of saints (quires 5-8 of a larger manuscript); 10th century
Shelfmark
MS. D'Orville 526
Date
10th century
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
ii + 33 (= ii + 31 + ii) leaves
Acquisition
Acquired by the Bodleian in 1804
Provenance
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
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Title
Part of a volume of a Vitae Sanctorum
Shelfmark
MS. D'Orville 526
Summary
Includes:
(fol. 1) 'Vita bead Gregorii papae': beg. 'Gregorius ||||| [i.e. Hac erased? E.W.B.N.] urbe Romana patre Gordiano', ends 'quarto iduum Martiarum': by Paulus Diaconus
(fol. 11v) 'Incipit Vita sanctorum Syri et Iuentii Papiane urbis pontificum' ('Iuentii' is altered to 'Euentii', and the saint is sometimes called 'Juventius' or 'Inventius' by editors): beg. 'Caelestis exorta prosperitas.'.
This fragment contains gatherings v-viii (quaternions) of a larger volume.
Date
written in the 10th cent.
Language
Latin
Physical facet
On parchment
Physical extent
33 Leaves
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Collection contents
Manuscripts of Jacques Philippe D'Orville
Part of a volume of a Vitae Sanctorum
