Ps.-Cicero — 15th century, third quarter; Italy, Ferrara or Padua
MS. D'Orville 80
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Ps.-Cicero — 15th century, third quarter; Italy, Ferrara or Padua
Shelfmark
MS. D'Orville 80
Date
15th century, third quarter
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
iii + 71 leaves
Hands
Written in Humanistic script by 'Georgius Cl.', fol. 66r (Pächt and Alexander ii. 402)
Decoration
Fine initials
Acquisition
Acquired by the Bodleian in 1804
Provenance
Listed under Ferrara in Pächt and Alexander, corrected in the Bodleian's annotated copy to 'probably Padua'.
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
The Rhetorica ad Herennium, ascribed to Cicero
Shelfmark
MS. D'Orville 80
Summary
At end: 'Gloria et laus Christo matrique pie. Amen. Ego Georgius Cl.'.
Date
written in the first half of the 15th cent. in Italy, by Georgius Cl...
Language
Latin
Physical facet
On parchment, with two illuminated capitals
Physical extent
71 Leaves
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Collection contents
Manuscripts of Jacques Philippe D'Orville
The Rhetorica ad Herennium, ascribed to Cicero
