Aelius Donatus (attrib.), Victorinus, Pomponio Leto (attrib.) — c. 1500
MS. D'Orville 152
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Aelius Donatus (attrib.), Victorinus, Pomponio Leto (attrib.) — c. 1500
Shelfmark
MS. D'Orville 152
Date
c. 1500
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
paper
Physical extent
ii + 60leaves
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 (1765/1766–1845): purchased from him by the Bodleian
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Title
Colophon and a short treatise on Rhetoric
Shelfmark
MS. D'Orville 152
Summary
Comprises:
(fol. 1) Colophon 'Donati Explanationum in [Ciceronis De Inventione Rhetorica vel] Rethoricos libros ijos explicit foeliciter.'.
(fol. 52v) Colophon 'Finit Victorini Compendium de Rhetorica': beg. 'Incipientes aliquam rem scribere': this first part is found in Grillius's commentary on Cicero De Inventione.
(fol. 53v) a short treatise on Rhetoric: beg. 'Materies Rethorice Duplex est ': ends (imperfect) soon after 'quia adamavit Iazonem ': the author is stated in Strackhovius's catalogue to be Pomponius Laetus (d. 1497).
The lower part of several leaves is imperfect.
Date
written in about A.D. 1500
Language
Latin
Physical facet
On paper, injured
Physical extent
60 Leaves
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Collection contents
Manuscripts of Jacques Philippe D'Orville
Colophon and a short treatise on Rhetoric
