Lucan — c. 1200
MS. D'Orville 175
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Lucan — c. 1200
Sacramentary — 8th century
Shelfmark
MS. D'Orville 175
Date
8th century
c. 1200
Language
Latin
Contents
Musical notation
Music (see van Dijk 1957).
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
The Pharsalia of Lucan, with notes and glosses, from i. 1 to iv. 514 ('fata recessum')
Shelfmark
MS. D'Orville 175
Summary
fols. 1-8, 48-50 are partly injured and eaten away.
The epigram on Lucan precedes beg. 'Corduba me genuit').
Most of the MS. is palimpsest, the lower writing being a sacramentary of the 9th or 10th century.
Date
written in about A.D. 1200 and earlier
Language
Latin
Physical facet
On parchment, injured
Physical extent
52 Leaves
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Collection contents
Manuscripts of Jacques Philippe D'Orville
The Pharsalia of Lucan, with notes and glosses, from i. 1 to iv. 514 ('fata recessum')
