Colophon: (fol. 142): Terrentij Afri comici poete Hechira explicit. Terrentius finit. Transcriptus est ab exemplari senioris Laurentij de Monacis Crete cancelarii. secundum modum metrorum reductus Sicut fuit Compositus quam potui correcte. B B.

There are similar colophons to the other plays

(fol. 143v)

Ovid, Heroides

Rubric: Lamentabiles Hetu decoro poete Saphos uersus elegi or Epistola Saphos poetisse Mitilene

XV (Epistle of Sappho to Phaon)

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: paper

Extent: 151 leaves

Dimensions (binding): 8 × 6.125 in.

Condition

Imperfect at end. Many leaves are palimpsest, the erased writing being itself apparently of late date

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander ii. 475, Pl. XLVI

Fine borders, initials. Attributed to Cristoforo Cortese

Illuminated capitals

History

Origin: c. 1420 ; Italy, Venice

Provenance and Acquisition

MS. D'Orville 502, pp. 49-200, contains a collation of this manuscript by C. J. Strackhovius in the second half of the 18th 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

Acquired by the Bodleian in 1804

Record Sources

Description adapted (May 2024) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1897). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1970)

Summary Catalogue, Vol. 4, p. 75

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (1 image from 35mm slides)

Abbreviations

View list of abbreviations and editorial conventions.

Last Substantive Revision

2024-05-03: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1897)

A catalogue of Western manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries and selected Oxford colleges

MS. D'Orville 155

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