Poem beginning ‘Ordinibus distincta suis atque ebria dulci’, dedicated to Rudolph II, Holy Roman Emperor (1576–1612), by the college of the Society of Jesus at Prague
A collection of original letters addressed to Sir Robert Bruce Cotton
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the correspondence of Sir Robert Bruce Cotton (b. 1571, d. 1631), first Baronet, of Conington Hall in Huntingdonshire, antiquarian and founder of the Cottonian Library. Whereas the British Museum’s catalogue describes this manuscript as a ‘collection of 328 original Lett...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Ancient, Hebrew, Italian, and Latin
Letters addressed to Sir Robert Cotton (d. 1631) by, among others, Francis Bacon, Viscount St Alban (d. 1626) (ff. 10–11), Sir Thomas Bodley (d. 1613) (f. 25), William Camden (d. 1623) (ff. 58–65), John Dee (d. 1609) (ff. 135–136), Sir Edward Dering (d. 1644) (f. 143), John Donne (d. 1631) (ff. 153–154), William Laud, bishop of St Davids (1621–26) (the future archbishop of Canterbury, 1633–45) (f. 232), John Selden (d. 1654) (ff. 338–344), John Speed (d. 1629) (ff. 354–358) and James Ussher, ...
Scope & Content:
Language(s): English and Latin; French (ff. 161, 288–291); Italian (ff. 174, 282); Greek (f. 353) Dated: 1595–1630; 19th century (415r–418r)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Modern, Italian, and Latin