Virgil — 15th century, first half; Italy
MS. D'Orville 99
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Virgil — 15th century, first half; Italy
Shelfmark
MS. D'Orville 99
Date
15th century, first half
Language
Latin
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
Italian
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
vi + 48 ('41-71', etc.) leaves
Acquisition
Acquired by the Bodleian in 1804
Provenance
On folio 88r, 'Hic liber est mei Bernardi Batholomei Eugenij de Fiaschis' (late 15th 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
A fragment of the Aeneid of Virgil, iv. 91 ('Cara Iouis')--vi. 289 ('tricorporis umbre')
Shelfmark
MS. D'Orville 99
Summary
Fols. 1-40 of the original foliation are lost, except the offset of fol, 1r, with the 1- and 10-line arguments: at the end the MS. is simply unfinished.
A short Latin-Italian glossary is on fols. vir, 88r, and a Greek alphabet on fol. 88v.
On fol. iv is an epigram on 'Gronovius Fur' (about A.D. 1710).
On folio 88r 'Hic liber est mei Bernardi Batholomei Eugenij de Fiaschis' (late 15th cent. ?).
Date
written in 15th cent. in Italy
Language
Latin
Physical facet
On parchment
Physical extent
48 Leaves
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Collection contents
Manuscripts of Jacques Philippe D'Orville
A fragment of the Aeneid of Virgil, iv. 91 ('Cara Iouis')--vi. 289 ('tricorporis umbre')
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Connections
People associated with this object
- Bernardi Batholomei Eugenij de Fiaschis
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Banks, Rev. John Cleaver, approximately 1766-1845
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Orville, Jacques-Philippe d', 1696-1751
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Orville, Jean d', 1734-
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Virgil
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Orville, Jean d', 18th century
