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1. Add MS 6028

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'HISTORIA AUGUSTA': an Italian humanist manuscript, probably from Rome, of the 'Historia Augusta', lives of Roman emperors traditionally assigned to six different authors of the late third to early fourth centuries A.D.; mid 15th cent. Latin. Origin: Italy. The text is incomplete, ending in the life of Probus, ch. xix, 'effronduit misi deinde per omnes additus' (f. 180v): the scribe has added a colophon, with the word 'finis' at the foot of the page. The text was first printed in 1475. For a...
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Art. Illuminations and Drawings ITALIAN: 'Historia Augusta': initials and borders: 15th cent. Rome; Emperors: 'Historia Augusta': 15th cent: Lat. includes: f. 1 Heraldry: Sacrati family; of Ferrara: Arms of the Sacrati family of Ferrara: 15th cent: Painted.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 15th century
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 8260

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HISTORICAL COMPENDIUM OF THE LIVES OF THE ROMAN EMPERORS AND POPES; 1585. Italian. The MS., which is dated (f. 135) 28 Oct. 1585, contains a chronological, historical summary of the lives of the Roman emperors, popes and other prominent men from Julius Caesar to Emperor Rudolf II, inc. ‘In questo trattato scriveremo la vita delli Imperadori Romani’ (f. 5), expl. ‘a cui successe Ridolfo pure secondo di tal nome’. The text, which is preceded by chronological (ff. 2-3) and alphabetical (ff. 3v-...
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Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford: bef. 1828. Bindings ITALIAN: 18th cent. red leather quarter binding with decorated paper covers: 18th cent. Rome; Court of; and Popes, Bishops of. General: Rome; Emperors: Holy Roman Empire: Historical compendium of the lives of the Roman emper...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
28 Oct 1585
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 8291

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COLLECTION of historical, religious and moral tracts, partly relating to Jansenism and the history of heresy in the Eastern Churches, with lists of Roman Emperors and other rulers, and a collection of inscriptions on Roman imperial coins; circa 1628-1690. Latin and Italian. Copies. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. '155' in pencil in upper left corner of f. 1. Purchased, together with Add. 8292 (part), 8502, 8789, 8801, 8802, and 8804, from R...
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includes: ff. 1-101 Jansenists: Tracts rel. to: late 17th - early 18th cent.: Lat: Copies. ff. 1-135v Heretics: Tracts rel. to: late 17th - early 18th cent.: Lat: Copies. ff. 102-135v Eastern Churches: Tracts rel. to oriental heresies: late 17th - early 18th cent.: Lat: Copies. ff. 136-175 Rome...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1628-1690
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 14801

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S. HIERONYMI Martyrologium; cum epistola Chromatii et Heliodori, Episcoporum, ad eum, et replicatione Hieronymi preefixis;-Actorum Concilii Aquisgranensis, sub Ludovico Pio, Imperatore, anno 816 habiti, liber primus; scilicet, De institutione Canonicorum [much fuller than in the edition of Labbe, and the order of the chapters different];-" Epistola formata Attici, Episcopi Constantinopolitani;"-Ex decreto Zachariæ Papæ, cap. iii.;-Ex S. Isidori Regula, de delictis;-De Septuagesima Paschæ, et...
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Court of Rome: Notes in the Add. Ms. 14,801, relative to the church of St. Maria trans Tiberim, to which the Ms. formerly belonged. Councils: Actorum concilii Aquisgranensis anno 816, liber primus. Rome; Emperors: Series Imperatorum usque ad Lotharium. Zachary; Pope; Saint: Quædam ex decreto ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11th century-14th century
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 16982

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C. JULII CÆSARIS Commentariorum de Bello Gallico libri septem, f I -[C. Auli] Hirtii de eodem Bello liber octavus, f. 79;-C. J. Ceesaris de Bello Civili Pompeiano libri tres, f. 90 b.;[A. Hirtii Pansæ] de Bello Alexandrino liber, f. 150 b.;-[Ejusdem] " de Bello Civili in Africa gesto liber," f. 170;-[Cornelii Balbi, sive incerti] " de Bello Civili in Hispania liber," f. 194;-C. J. Cæsaris Epistola ad Ciceronem, et ejusdem Epistolfle duæ ad Oppium et Cornelium. On fol. 205 b. is this note, " ...
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Rome; Emperors: C. Julius Cæsar. De Bello Gallico etc. Aulus Hirtius Pansa: De Bello Gallico etc. includes: f. 194 Cornelius Balbus: De bello civili in Hispaniá.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1462
Extent:
1 item