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Add MS 59681

Record Id:

032-001998129

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-001998129

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000036.0x000224

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Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Add MS 59681

Title:

JOHN DEE (b.1527, d.1608): copy of unpublished treatises by Dee on sovereignty, etc.; circa 1593. Partly Latin. Title on cover 'Brytannici Imperii Limites'. Purchased from George Clive, Whitfield, Allenmore, Herefordshire, 13 April 1976.

Paper; ff. 48 (old pagination 1-94). 41 lines. 226 x 165mm. (184 x 134mm.). Watermarks: Crossbow, Piccard, Werkzeug und Waffen, XI.2134, and Lion-GB, countermarks in Werkzeug und Waffen, XI.2133, 2134 (p. 278). Catchwords at foot of each page. Vellum covers.

Contents:

1. pp. 4-5. 'De isto Insulae Estotilant, et Provinciae Drogio, Reformato situ'. Latin.

2. pp. 7-9. 'De Reformationis Geographicae Specimine isto'. Latin.

3. pp. 13-21. 'Unto your Maiesties Tytle Royall to these forene Regions, & Ilands do appertayne. 4. poyntes. A briefe remembraunce of Sondrye foreyne Regions, discovered, inhabited, and partlie conquered . . . Terra Florida.' Dated 4 May 1578 (p. 21).

4. pp. 25-94. 'Brytanici Imperii Limites'. English. Dated 22 July 1576 (p. 74). Followed (pp. 75-94) by additions. See reference by Dee to this tract in 'Thalattocratia Brytannia' (1597), Royal 7 C.xvi, f. 161v.

Scope & Content:

John Dee, astrologer: `Brytanici Imperii Limites' and other treatises by John Dee: circa 1593: Engl. and Lat: Copy.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Additional Manuscripts

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032-001998129

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032-001998129

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 item

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English
Latin

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1588

End Date:

1598

Date Range:

c 1593

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Custodial History:

George Clive, of Allenmore, county Herefordshire: Purchased of, in 1976.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Clive, George, of Allenmore Herefordshire
Dee, John, mathematician, astrologer, and antiquary, 1527-1609,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000122785193