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1911. Royal MS 17 A XL

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Royal MS 17 A XL
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Scope & Content:
'THE KINGS SWORDE ordained of God', &c. : a sermon on Ps. xlv. 3, by William Loe, D.D., preached at Whitehall, 14 Jan. 1622[3] 'being the moneth of his ordinary wayting'. With a dedication to Prince Charles, in which he prays for his prosperous voyage [to Spain] and safe return, At the begin...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1623
Extent:
1 item

1912. Royal MS 17 A XLI

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Royal MS 17 A XLI
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'THE COLONIES, beeing the seaventh booke of the second weeke of the noble, learned, and religious Lord of Bartas [Guillaume de Saluste du Bartas], translated by Josuah Sylvester, 1603.' Beg. 'While through the Worldes vnhaunted wildernes'. Preceded by a dedication, in verse, to James I, beg. 'Ou...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1603
Extent:
1 item

1913. Royal MS 17 A XLII

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Royal MS 17 A XLII
Title:
Sworne Book of Honorius or Liber iuratus Honorii
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-15r: Sworne Book of Honorius (Liber iuratus Honorii), or Liber Sacer,chapters 1-5 (chapter 4 in Latin, the remainder in English); ff. 15r-23r: A treatise on Suffumigations (mostly in English, final paragraphs in Latin); ff. 23r-27r: Lists of classes of angels and spirits (op...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
Part of Royal MS 17 A XLII-IV

1914. Royal MS 17 A XLII

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Royal MS 17 A XLII
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Scope & Content:
'THE SWORNE BOOKE' of 'Honoryus' (see f. 4 b, 11. 3, 6): a translation of a book of magic, entitled (see Sloane MS. 3854, f. 138 b) 'Liber de vita anime racionalis, qui liber sacer uel liber angelorum vel liber iuratus nuncupatur, quem fecit Honorius magister Thebarum', purporting to be compiled...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

1915. Royal MS 17 A XLII-XLIV

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Royal MS 17 A XLII-XLIV
Title:
The Sworne Book of Honorius and other texts
Scope & Content:
Contents: 3 parchment codices bound together in the following order: Royal MS 17 A xlii: The Sworne Book of Honorius and other magical texts, 15th century (ff. 1-82); Royal MS 17 A xiv: Curiosity, or The Curious Man, a poem translated from Latin or Spanish, 17th century (ff. 1-12); Royal MS...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
15th to 17th century
Extent:
Parchment codex

1916. Royal MS 17 A XLIII

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Royal MS 17 A XLIII
Title:
Criticism of Old Testament translations
Scope & Content:
?William Hopkinson, perhaps of St. John's College, Cambridge, (see Charles Henry and Thompson Cooper, Athenae Cantabrigienses, 3 vols (Cambridge: Deighton, Bell, 1858-1913) II 1586-1609, p. 5), A criticism of translations from the Hebrew Old Testament into Latin by Immanuel Tremellius (see his T...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Hebrew, and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century
Extent:
Part of Royal MS 17 A XLII-IV

1917. Royal MS 17 A XLIII

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Royal MS 17 A XLIII
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ANIMADVERSIONS by [William] Hopkinson [of St. John's College, Cambridge, see Cooper, Ath. Cantabr. ii, p. 5] on some translations from the Hebrew Old Testament into Latin by Immanuel Tremellius (see his Testamenti Veteris Biblia Sacra, 1580). Paper; ff. 23. 71/2 in. x 51/4 in. Late XVI cent. No...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 16th century
Extent:
1 item

1918. Royal MS 17 A XLIV

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Royal MS 17 A XLIV
Title:
A Poem on Curiosity
Scope & Content:
Contents: A poem without rhyme, perhaps a very literal translation ? from Italian or Spanish of a poem on 'Curiosity' or 'The Curious Man', incipit: 'Perchaunce hit might bee best to shun at all that home'. This manuscript is bound together with Royal MS 17 A xlii (82 folios) and Royal MS 17...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2nd half of the 17th century
Extent:
Part of Royal MS 17 A XLII-XLIV

1919. Royal MS 17 A XLIV

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Royal MS 17 A XLIV
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A WOULD-BE POEM, without rhyme, or sense, apparently a very literal translation (? from the Italian or Spanish) of a poem on 'Curiosity' or 'The Curious Man' (?). Beg. 'Perchaunce hit might bee best to shun at all that home'. Paper; ff. 12. 71/2 in. x 53/4 in. Early XVII cent. Not in the old ca...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 17th century
Extent:
1 item

1920. Royal MS 17 A XLIX

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Royal MS 17 A XLIX
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'A CERTAINE TREATISE cauled the institution of a christen prince or ruler, collected by Erasmus of Rotherodame': an abstract of the Institutio principis Christiani of Erasmus (Opera, 1703-1706, iv, p. 562) by John, Lord Lumley (whose signature occurs at the end), 1550. Addressed to his father-in...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1550
Extent:
1 item

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