Juvenal, Persius, Antonio Beccadelli — 15th century, third quarter; Italy, Ferrara (?)
MS. D'Orville 177
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Juvenal, Persius, Antonio Beccadelli — 15th century, third quarter; Italy, Ferrara (?)
Shelfmark
MS. D'Orville 177
Date
15th century, third quarter
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
i + 101 leaves There are a number of catchwords; e.g. 'praeterea' at the bottom of fol. 24v and 'Ancipitis' at the bottom of fol. 92v
Hands
Humanistic script (Pächt and Alexander ii. 400)
Decoration
Good border (fol. 1r)
Good initials
Acquisition
Acquired by the Bodleian in 1804
Provenance
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 (1765/6–1845): purchased from him by the Bodleian
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Title
Colophon
Shelfmark
MS. D'Orville 177
Summary
Comprises:
(fol. 1). Colophon:-- 'Explicit liber Jouenalis', Juvenal's Satires
(fol. 85). Colophon:-- 'Explicit Persius'
At fol. 100 is a short Latin elegiac poem, beg. 'Elisia auricomas.'.
Date
written in the first half of the 15th cent. in Italy
Language
Latin
Physical facet
On parchment, with an illuminated capital and border
Physical extent
101 Leaves
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