271. Burney MS 323
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Burney MS 323
- Title:
- John Balbi, Catholicon
- Scope & Content:
- The Catholicon,written by the Dominican Johannes Balbus (d. 1298) of Genoa, is a long treatisefor the study of Latin, divided into five parts: orthography, prosody, grammar,rhetoric, and etymology. This copy was owned by the Augustinian priory at Stonein Staffordshire (half-way between Stoke-on-...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- between c. 1390 and 1417
- Extent:
- One volume