Virgil — 12th century, middle; France
MS. D'Orville 101
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Virgil — 12th century, middle; France
Shelfmark
MS. D'Orville 101
Date
12th century, middle
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
ii + 23 leaves
Decoration
Good initials.
Acquisition
Acquired by the Bodleian in 1804
Provenance
Owned by Harmannus van de Wall of Amsterdam; Catalogus variorum et insignum librorum ... quos ... collegit et reliquit Hermannus van de Wall, quorum publica auctio habebitur ... 1734, libri manuscripti in folio Q.
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 the Aeneid of Virgil, ii. 310 ('Insidie')--v. 359, v. 494-- vi. 129 ('corpus amici'), with scholia and the 10-line arguments
Shelfmark
MS. D'Orville 101
Summary
This is the 'codex Wallianus' of Burmann's edition. A facsimile of a page is given in R. Ellis's XX facsimiles from Latin MSS. (1891).
Date
written in the first half of the 13th cent.
Language
Latin
Physical facet
On parchment, with some coloured capitals
Physical extent
23 Leaves
Custodial history
Owned by Harmannus van de Wall, of Amsterdam.
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Collection contents
Manuscripts of Jacques Philippe D'Orville
Part of the Aeneid of Virgil, ii. 310 ('Insidie')--v. 359, v. 494-- vi. 129 ('corpus amici'), with scholia and the 10-line arguments
