Johannes Balbus of Genoa — 15th century; Flanders
MS. D'Orville 44
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Johannes Balbus of Genoa — 15th century; Flanders
Shelfmark
MS. D'Orville 44
Date
15th century
Language
Latin
Middle Dutch (ca. 1050-1350)
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment, paper
Physical extent
ii + 405 leaves. The outer two leaves of each section are of parchment, the rest paper
Hands
In several hands.
Acquisition
Acquired by the Bodleian in 1804
Provenance
See J. C. Arens, 'Uit oude woordenboeken', Tijdschrift voor Nederlandse Taal- en Letterkunde 98 (1982)
The library of the House of Orange-Nassau: recorded in the 1686 catalogue and included in the 1749 auction at The Hague (see A. D. Renting, A. S. Korteweg, et al., The seventeenth-century Orange-Nassau library: the catalogue compiled by Anthonie Smets in 1686, the 1749 auction catalogue, and other contemporary sources (Utrecht, 1993), p. 146 no. 253); bought by:
Pieter de Hondt (1696–1764), printer, publisher, and bookseller of The Hague.
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 first part of the Catholicon of Johannes Balbus de Janua, a theological encyclopædia
Shelfmark
MS. D'Orville 44
Summary
beg. 'Prosodia quedam pars gramatice': ends 'et interpretatur festinans uel' consiliator, in the word Hus: comprising rather more than half the work.
The author's name is given in the preface.
The outer two leaves of each section are of parchment, the rest paper.
Date
written in the 15th cent. in Germany, in several hands
Language
Latin
Physical facet
On paper and parchment
Physical extent
405 Leaves
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Collection contents
Manuscripts of Jacques Philippe D'Orville
The first part of the Catholicon of Johannes Balbus de Janua, a theological encyclopædia
