Cicero — 15th century, third quarter; Italy, Ferrara (?)
MS. D'Orville 75
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Cicero — 15th century, third quarter; Italy, Ferrara (?)
Shelfmark
MS. D'Orville 75
Date
15th century, third quarter
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
x + 156 leaves
Hands
Humanistic script (Pächt and Alexander ii. 417)
Decoration
Fine border
Fine initial
Other initials in a different style
Acquisition
Acquired by the Bodleian in 1804
Provenance
Zabarella family of Padua: arms, fol. 1r, and cf. fol. 154r. Genealogy compiled by Jacobus Zabarella (d. 1589).
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
'Marci Tulii Ciceronis Epistolarum familiarium ...' libri xvi, preceded by a list of the letters
Shelfmark
MS. D'Orville 75
Summary
At fol. 153v in a different hand is a genealogy of'the Zabarella family from about 1200 to about 1450, compiled by Jacobus Zabarella, for whom this volume was probably written and illuminated, the Zabarella arms being on the illuminated border on fol. 1, see fol. 154r.
Date
written in the 15th cent. in Italy
Language
Latin
Physical facet
Illuminated border and capitals, on parchment
Physical extent
156 Leaves
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Collection contents
Manuscripts of Jacques Philippe D'Orville
'Marci Tulii Ciceronis Epistolarum familiarium ...' libri xvi, preceded by a list of the letters
