Statius — c. 1400 and (fols. 171-8) 1464; Italy
MS. D'Orville 25
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Statius — c. 1400 and (fols. 171-8) 1464; Italy
Shelfmark
MS. D'Orville 25
Date
c. 1400 and (fols. 171-8) 1464
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
paper
Physical extent
iv + 181 leaves
Hands
A second scribe wrote fol. 176 line 20 to the end
Decoration
Initials on fols 1–170 (copying earlier models?)
Acquisition
Acquired by the Bodleian in 1804.
Provenance
Probably bought for D'Orville, along with MS. D'Orville 181, by Sigebertus Havercampat Copenhagen in November 1726: see Thomas Gaisford, Codices manuscripti et impressi, cum notis manuscriptis, olim d'Orvilliani, qui in Bibliotheca Bodleiana apud Oxonienses adservantur (Oxford, 1806), p. 6. See also 'amico meo Hafniensi' in Bodl. d'Orville 486, fol. 63, as cited by M. D. Reeve, 'Statius' Silvae in the Fifteenth Century', The Classical Quarterly, 27 (1977), p. 216
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 (1765/6–1845): purchased from him by the Bodleian.
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Title
The Thebais of Statius, with glosses
Shelfmark
MS. D'Orville 25
Summary
At end 'Statij Papirij Surculj Tolosani Thebaidos Vltimus Liber feliciter explicit. Sexto kalendas Septembres 1464.'.
Date
written in 1464, in Italy
Language
Latin
Physical extent
181 Leaves
Acquisition
Probably bought for D'Orville, with no. MS. D'Orville 181, by Havercamp, at Copenhagen: see Gaisford's Catalogue.
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Collection contents
Manuscripts of Jacques Philippe D'Orville
The Thebais of Statius, with glosses
