Prudentius — 12th century
MS. D'Orville 183
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Prudentius — 12th century
Shelfmark
MS. D'Orville 183
Date
12th century
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
i + 76leaves
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 (1765/6–1845): purchased from him by the Bodleian
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Title
Poems of Prudentius, with glosses
Shelfmark
MS. D'Orville 183
Summary
Comprises:
(fol. 1v) 'Liber contra Simmachum', with prologue
(fol. 34) The epilogue of the Liber Peristephanon: beg. 'Immolat Deo patri': ends 'personasse Christum.'
(fol. 34v) The Dittochaeum, Diptychon or Enchiridion
(fol. 38) 'Incipit Apotheoses Prudentij
(fol. 57v). 'Incipit liber Amartigenia de origine peccatorum.'.
Date
written in the 12th cent.
Language
Latin
Physical facet
On parchment, the first few leaves stained
Physical extent
76 Leaves
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Collection contents
Manuscripts of Jacques Philippe D'Orville
Poems of Prudentius, with glosses
