Diplomatic diary maintained in the English royal administration, May 1509–December 1521 (1r–62r); merchant’s account-book, 1 September 1615–31 January 1616/17 (63r–111v, 62v)
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Language(s): English and Latin (1r–62r); English (63r–111v, 62v) Dated: 1509–1521 (1r–62r); 1615–1617 (63r–111v, 62v)
Codex bombycinus, in 4to. continens folia 174. Liber Mohammdis Abugiafaris Ben. Giorair. continens historiam propheticam ad tempora Mohammedis Pseudo-prophetae: de quaruor tomis secundus. Arabice.
This codex contains one of the earliest surviving copies of the fifth or sixth century churchman Gildas's account of De excidio Britanniae, copied in the mid-10th century. (A fragment, possibly copied in the late 9th or early 10th century, survives in Bibliothèque Carnegie de Reims, MS 414.) This...