Augustine, Jerome — 15th century, middle; Italy, Tuscany
MS. D'Orville 209
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Augustine, Jerome — 15th century, middle; Italy, Tuscany
Shelfmark
MS. D'Orville 209
Place of origin
Italy, Tuscany
Date
15th century, middle
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
i + 72leaves
Hands
Humanistic script (Pächt and Alexander ii. 237)
Decoration
Fine initials
Acquisition
Acquired by the Bodleian in 1804
Provenance
An erased inscription on fol. 1 seems to be 'Ex libris Card....... villæ' (16th century?)
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
Latin manuscript beg. 'Aurelii Augustini contra Achademicos incipit liber primus [etc.] ...'
Shelfmark
MS. D'Orville 209
Summary
Comprises:
(fol. 1) 'Aurelii Augustini contra Achademicos incipit liber primus [etc.] ...'
(fol. 45v) 'Aurelii Augustini de Vita beata liber incipit.'
(fol. 61) 'Relatio Hyeronimi presbiteri de [Malcho] captiuo monaco': beg. 'Qui nauali prelio dimicaturi sunt.'
(fol. 66v) The first part of the Vita S. Mariae Aegyptiacae (et Zosimae), the original Greek of which is attributed to Sophronius
The version of the Vita S. Mariae Aegyptiacae (et Zosimae)(beg. 'Fuit senex in Palestinae monasteriis', ends 'quia non pro humana ac uana gloria a me hoc fit' in chap. 11) is not the same as the one printed in Migne's Patrologia Latina tom. 73, col. 671 and the Bollandist Acta Sanctorum under April 2.
An erased inscription on fol. 1 seems to be 'Ex libris Card... villae' (16th cent. ?).
See (fol. 66v) for illuminated capitals.
Date
written in the 15th cent. in Italy
Language
Latin
Physical facet
On parchment, with some illuminated capitals, imperfect at end
Physical extent
72 Leaves
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Collection contents
Manuscripts of Jacques Philippe D'Orville
Latin manuscript beg. 'Aurelii Augustini contra Achademicos incipit liber primus [etc.] ...'
