Hyginus, Astronomica; etc. Southern Germany, late 10th or early 11th century
MS. D'Orville 95
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Description
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Title
Hyginus, Astronomica; etc. Southern Germany, late 10th or early 11th century
Shelfmark
MS. D'Orville 95
Date
10th century, late, or 11th century, early
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment (fols. 25–38 palimpsest)
Physical extent
i + 38 + i (i, 1–39)
Hands
MSS. D'Orville 77 and 95 were written by four main scribes in caroline minuscule. Here, quires 16–17 by scribe B; quire 18 by scribes C and D; quires 19–20 by scribe D.
Decoration
Good interlace initial, fol. 1r.
Diagrams, fols. 38r-v and in the lower text of the palimpset, fols. 28v, 31r. Fol. 28v: graph diagram illustrating the course of the planets through the signs of the zodiac (identical to PL 90.363–4). Fol. 31r: zodiac circle divided by radii into twelve parts; the names of the twelve signs were written inside the perimeter: only 'SAGITTARIVS' can now be read. The word 'iouis' occurs under the sign which should be Leo, four signs away from Sagittarius. The diagram doubtless illustrates the circle of the planets in the signs of the zodiac.
Binding
Standard D'Orville binding of smooth brown leather, mid-18th century.
Former chained binding (MS. D'Orville 77, fols. 96v-97r, rust stains from a chain).
Acquisition
Acquired by the Bodleian in 1804. Previous shelfmark Auct. X. 1. 3. 36.
Provenance
Formerly one volume with MS. D'Orville 77 (note the contents list on MS. D'Orville 77, fol. 1r, and similarities in script, decoration and format); still one volume in 1746 (see below).
Exact origin and medieval provenance not known: textual affiliations with Munich, BSB Clm 6369 possibly from Friesing.
Isaac Verburg of Amsterdam (1680–1745): together with MS. O'Orville 95 this was Oratores et Rhetores in Quarto no. 486 in the auction-catalogue of his books, Amsterdam, 1746 (Bibliotheca Verburgiana ..., p. 68)
Jacques Phillippe D'Orville of Amsterdam (1690–1751); bought at Verburg's sale: see the catalogue of D'Orville's collection by C. J. Strackhoven (18th century, second half), MS. D'Orville 302, fols. 20r, 21r. Separated from the present MS. D'Orville 77 by the time of that catalogue.
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 Astronomica of Hyginus, in four books
Shelfmark
MS. D'Orville 95
Summary
The handwriting changes more than once.
A facsimile of a page is given in R. Ellis's XX facsimiles from Latin MSS. (1891).
Date
written in the second half of the 10th cent.
Language
Latin
Physical facet
On parchment, with one illuminated capital
Physical extent
39 Leaves
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Collection contents
Manuscripts of Jacques Philippe D'Orville
The Astronomica of Hyginus, in four books
