Tibullus, Ovid — 15th century, middle (1452 (?)); Italy, Padua
MS. D'Orville 166
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Tibullus, Ovid — 15th century, middle (1452 (?)); Italy, Padua
Shelfmark
MS. D'Orville 166
Place of origin
Italy, Padua
Date
15th century, middle (1452 (?))
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
iii + 60leaves
Hands
Humanistic script (Pächt and Alexander ii. 601)
Decoration
Good initials
Acquisition
Acquired by the Bodleian in 1804
Provenance
On fol. iii recto is 'Munus concessum xxii Octobris MCCCCLII,' with 'ex antiquissimo manuscripto' added, and the whole nearly erased and copied by a later hand on fol. 59r. The date is a possible one for the writing as well as the gift, but the book would appear to have been written rather earlier.
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
'Epistola prima [et sequentes] Albii Tibulli ...': with the usual epitaph and short life, and 'Saphos vatis Elsbie [sic] Mitilene ad Phaonem Siculum amatorem', Ovid's poem: at end 'Hec epistola fuit per Ovidium de Greco in Latinum translata'
Shelfmark
MS. D'Orville 166
Summary
On fol. iiir is 'Munus concessum xxii Octobris mcccclii', with 'ex antiquissimo manuscripto' added, and the whole nearly erased, see fol. 56v. The date is a possible one for the writing as well as the gift, but the book would appear to have been written rather earlier.
Date
written in the 15th cent. (before 1453) in Italy
Language
Latin
Physical facet
On parchment, with illuminated capitals, in parts considerably rubbed
Physical extent
60 Leaves
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Collection contents
Manuscripts of Jacques Philippe D'Orville
'Epistola prima [et sequentes] Albii Tibulli ...': with the usual epitaph and short life, and 'Saphos vatis Elsbie [sic] Mitilene ad Phaonem Siculum amatorem', Ovid's poem: at end 'Hec epistola fuit per Ovidium de Greco in Latinum translata'
