Euripides, Sophocles — 15th century
MS. D'Orville 73
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Euripides, Sophocles — 15th century
Shelfmark
MS. D'Orville 73
Date
15th century
Language
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
Contents
Form
codex
Support
paper
Physical extent
xviii + 490 pages
Acquisition
Acquired by the Bodleian in 1804
Provenance
See MS. D'Orville 133, Item 2, for an eighteenth-century collation of Item 3, Ajax, from this manuscript
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
Copies of Euripides and Sophocles
Shelfmark
MS. D'Orville 73
Summary
Comprises:
(p. 1) The 'Εκάβη of Euripides, with scholia
(p. 89) The 'ορέστης of Euripides, with scholia
(p. 239) The Αΐας of Sophocles, with scholia
(p. 359) The 'Ηλέκτρα of Sophocles, with scholia
A note of the 16th cent. on p. vii states that the scholia are by Thomas Magister (Theodulus).
Date
written in the 15th cent.
Language
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
Physical facet
On paper
Physical extent
490 pages
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Collection contents
Manuscripts of Jacques Philippe D'Orville
Copies of Euripides and Sophocles
