Extracts from J. G. Graevius, Thesaurus Antiquitatum Romanarum, 12 vols, Lugduni Batavorum 1694-1699, and other works. Tit. Praelectiones Anno Dom. 1697 & 1698 Pinnorii in Agro Trinobantium habitae: ab O.O.
The manuscript contains the only surviving copy of the alchemical treatise The Rosie Crucian Secrets, divided into three parts and attributed here to John Dee (b. 1527, d. 1609), mathematician and astrologer: each quire of 4 folios contains an inscription 'the first [second, etc] sheet Dr Dee.' ...
Historical writings of Jerome, Isidore of Seville, Bede, and others
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Contents: ff. 1r-26v: Jerome, Liber de viris illustribus (Book of Illustrious Men). ff. 26v-27r: Jerome, Letter 47, to Desiderius. ff. 28r-41r: Gennadius of Massilia, De viris illustribus (On Illustrious Men). ff. 42r-51r: Isidore of Seville, De viris illustribus (On Illustrious Men). ff. 5...
Contents: ff. 1r-40r: Geoffrey of Vinsauf, Poetria nova. The manuscript contains a later addition: f. 40r: an inscription in a medieval hand on f. 40r: '[...] hic offert se et sivum librum Gulielmo ep[i]scop[o] nem[..]si[...]'. Numerous added annotations throughout, mainly in 15th-century h...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 14th century-1st quarter of the 15th century