1. Add MS 8254
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 8254
- Title:
- UNIVERSAL HISTORY; late 17th cent. French and Latin. Universal history from Creation to the late 17th cent., inc. ‘L’histoire est une narration veritable et iuditieuse’, expl. (f. 123v) ‘3o Eleonore Marie de Neubourg née [date cancelled and illegible]’. The text covers biblical history (ff. 1-7v), ancient history from the Chaldaeans, Assyrians and Babylonians to the fall of the Western Roman Empire (ff. 8-83), the Eastern Empire, 5th cent. to 1453 (ff. 83v-105v), the Ottoman Empire, 1453-166...
- Scope & Content:
- Bindings ITALIAN: Brown calf with gold tooling and blind-tooling: 18th cent. Chronicles: Universal history: late 17th cent: Fr. and Lat.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, French, and Latin
- Date Range:
- Late 17th century
- Extent:
- 1 item