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Royal MS 12 A VI
- Record Id:
- 040-001614746
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002105724
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001515.0x000158
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100186543995.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Royal MS 12 A VI
- Title:
- Complimentary verses to Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, on his matriculation at Magdalen College, Oxford, in 1605
- Scope & Content:
- Complimentary verses to Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, on his matriculation at Magdalen College, Oxford, in 1605 by (ff 2r-6r) Douglas Castillion and (ff 7r-11r) his pupil Richard Worseley (1st Bart. 1611). Both sets of verses in Greek, Latin, Italian, French and Spanish. Greek verses inc. (f 2r) ᾽Εν ποταμοῖσιν ἴδου κύκνος (μεγὰ θαῦμα) μελίσδει, and (f 7r) Εἴπε τὶ (Μοῦσα φιλὴ) θαύμαστον ὁτ'οὔρανος αἰφνὴς.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Royal Collection - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002105724
040-001614746 - Is part of:
- Royal MS 1 A I-20 E X : Royal Manuscripts
Royal MS 12 A VI : Complimentary verses to Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, on his matriculation at Magdalen College, Oxford, in 1605 - Hierarchy:
- 032-002105724[0847]/040-001614746
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Royal MS 1 A I-20 E X
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
11 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100186543995.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- French
Greek, Ancient
Italian
Latin
Spanish - Scripts:
- Greek
Latin - Start Date:
- 1605
- End Date:
- 1605
- Date Range:
- 1605
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Paper.
Foliation: ff 11. Four unfoliated paper flyleaves at the beginning and eighteen at the end.
Dimensions: 150 x 100 mm.
Binding: British Museum, 1969.
Decoration: Double bordering lines in red ink.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: England.
Provenance:
Royal Catalogue of 1661, f 35r. Not in Royal Catalogue of 1666 or Bernard 1697.
Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library.
- Administrative Context:
- England.
- Information About Copies:
- Complete digital coverage available for this manuscript; see Digitised Manuscripts [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Royal_MS_12_A_VI].
- Publications:
- E. Bernard, Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae, Oxford 1697.
Sir G. F. Warner and J. P. Gilson, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Old Royal and King's Collections in the British Museum, 4 vols, London 1921, II, p. 1.
P. O. Kristeller, Iter Italicum. A Finding List of Uncatalogued or Incompletely Catalogued Humanistic Manuscripts of the Renaissance in Italian and other Libraries, IV (Alia Itinera II): Great Britain to Spain, Leiden 1989, p. 195.
The British Library Summary Catalogue of Greek Manuscripts, I, London 1999, p. 225.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)