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Add MS 6218
- Record Id:
- 032-003442421
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003442421
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100075949233.0x0003a8
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 6218
- Title:
- Volume consisting of memoranda, fragments and notes regarding miscellany of Latin and Greek Grammar, Greek Lexicon, Scheme for a Latin Dictionary.
- Scope & Content:
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A thin Volume in Quarto, of 32 folios containing:
1. Memoranda by Professor Ward relative to the editions of Alius Donatus Grammaticus. Folio 1.
2. Memoranda collections, fragments, etc; relating to different edtitions of Lily’s Latin Grammar, folios 2-14.
3. Note concerning Mr Gibson, schoolmaster of Bray, author of the Grammatical Exceptions”. Folio 9.
4. Extracts from the Inquisitions and Articles of Elizabeth II, Ano 1559, touching Grammars. Folio 10.
5. List of Greek Grammatical terms, with explanations in Latin. Folio 15.
6. Errata in Ward’s (?) Greek Grammar. Folios 17, 18.
7. A scheme for abridging Ainsworth’s Latin Dictionary, from the Folio edition. Folio 19.
8. Remarks on the above scheme. Folio 21.
9. Copy of a Paper relative to the purchase of the MS. Supplement to Constantine’s Greek Lexicon, compiled by the Reverend James Galloway, deceased. Folio 23.
10. Memoranda by Professor Ward, on the same subject. Folios 24, 26.
11. Letter from Samuel Hanson to Professor Ward. Same subject. Dated 18 May, 1757. Folio 25.
12. Letter from James Galloway to the same on the same subject. Dated New Romney, 15 April, 1757. Folio 27.
13. Letter from the same to the same, same subject. Dated 22 January, 1757. Folio 28b.
14. Printed advertisement of an abridgement of [Robert] Ainsworth’s Dictionary, by Mr Thomas. Folio 30.
15. Printed advertisement of a New Latin and English Dictionary, by the Reverend William Young. Folio 31.
16. Minutes of letters from Mr Thomas, relative to the abridgement of Ainsworth. Folio 32.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003442421
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003442421
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 volume (36 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1799
- Date Range:
- 18th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
- Quarto
- Publications:
- Reference to: [Robert] Ainsworth’s Dictionary, 1773.; New Latin and English Dictionary, by Reverend William Young, [1752?].
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Notes:
- This catalogue description has been transcribed from the original [18th-19th-century] handwritten Catalogue of Additional Manuscripts and may contain inaccuracies. The handwritten catalogue is available in the Manuscripts Reading Room.