Servius — 1448; Italy
MS. D'Orville 36
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Servius — 1448; Italy
Shelfmark
MS. D'Orville 36
Place of origin
Italy
Date
1448
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
paper
Physical extent
iv + 132 + iv leaves
Decoration
Initials
Acquisition
Acquired by the Bodleian in 1804
Provenance
In the initial on fol. 114; ‘A.L.' appears on a coat of arms two bends sinister vert and gules
'Tέλος Finis Servii Per... [erased name] xviiii Febr. 1448'
On fol. 136 'Mei petri iohannis petri marini & iohannis petri. hec est ueritas' (15th century)
On fol. 136v '1451. Vezudo per mi Zohane ipescadun [?]'. For similar inscriptions, see MS. Canon. Misc. 486, MS. Add. A. 2, and MS. Laud Lat. 48; also Edinburgh, Nat. Lib. Scotland, MS. Adv. 18. 3. 15. Apparently to be read as Giovanni dei Pescadori: see Giuseppe Billanovich, 'Il testo di Livio', Italia medioevale e umanistica 32 (1989), 53-99 at 85 and n. 93.
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
'Seruii Grammatici in librum Aeneidos [Vergili] commentarium'
Shelfmark
MS. D'Orville 36
Summary
At end 'Tέλος Finis Servii Per... [erased name] xviiii Febr. 1448', a 'Tabula rerum precipuarum' precedes.
On fol. 136 'Mei petri iohannis petri marini & iohannis petri. hec est ueritas' (15th cent.): on fol. 136v '1461. vezudo per M. Johanne [? (ḿ. = miser) Zohane. E.W.B.N.] de ipestondun [?].'.
Date
written in A.D. 1449, in Italy
Language
Latin
Physical facet
On paper
Physical extent
137 Leaves
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Collection contents
Manuscripts of Jacques Philippe D'Orville
'Seruii Grammatici in librum Aeneidos [Vergili] commentarium'
