Terence — c. 1500; Italy
MS. D'Orville 19
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Terence — c. 1500; Italy
Shelfmark
MS. D'Orville 19
Date
c. 1500
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
i + 148 leaves.
Hands
Humanistic script (Pächt and Alexander ii. 986)
Decoration
Good border
Good initial (fol. 1)
Acquisition
Acquired by the Bodleian in 1804
Provenance
(Fol. 1) Arms of Castracani degli Antelminelli of Fano, with clerical hat. Cf. MS. Montagu e. 6
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 Andria (fol. 1), Eunuchus (fol. 25), Heautontimorumenos (fol. 51), Adelphi (fol. 75), Hecyra (fol. 100) and Phormio (fol. 120v) of Terence, with some glosses
Shelfmark
MS. D'Orville 19
Summary
On fol. 1 is an illuminated capital, and the arms of a cardinal for whom the book was written, perhaps Johannes Dominicus de Cupis, made cardinal in 1513.
Date
written perhaps in the first quarter of the 16th cent. in Italy
Language
Latin
Physical facet
On parchment
Physical extent
148 Leaves
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Collection contents
Manuscripts of Jacques Philippe D'Orville
The Andria (fol. 1), Eunuchus (fol. 25), Heautontimorumenos (fol. 51), Adelphi (fol. 75), Hecyra (fol. 100) and Phormio (fol. 120v) of Terence, with some glosses
