Add MS 78351

EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. CLXXXIV (ff. 176+87*+169*). Miscellaneous papers by or collected by Evelyn, relating to language, education, heraldry, etc.; including fragmentary works and notes. For related material, removed from the archive by William Upcott, see Add. MS 15950, ff. 81-105, 111-121.

1. ff. 1-32. `Grammatica. A general or praeliminary Grammar', consisting of a preface, followed by grammars of Latin and Greek; [1650s?]. Autograph, partly fair copies, partly drafts, all three incomplete. The first and last leaves of the Latin grammar are in Add. MS 15950, ff. 99-105, with the note by Evelyn (f. 99), `Write to Cos. [Christopher] Wase to see his owne method', suggesting that that it was compiled in connection with the education of his son Richard; the present leaves come after f.101v. Beal EvJ 105. Formerly Evelyn MS 536.

2. ff. 33-43. Greek-Latin word list; n.d. Autograph.

3. ff. 44-67. Collection of loose sheets, originally part of a bound notebook, containing excerpts and definitions, mostly in Greek and Latin, alphabetically arranged by English subject terms, which are entered in the right-hand margins; n.d. Autograph. The first sheet headed `A' is on a smaller size of paper and may come from a different work. The purpose of the collection is not clear, but it may be intended as an aid to composition, commonplacing or public speaking.

4. ff. 68-71. A guide to the pronunciation of the French language; 1643, n.d. Latin. The first three pages are in an unidentified hand, the remainder may be in the hand of John Evelyn junior, with Evelyn's autograph motto `Omnia explorate Meliora retinete', various press-marks and the date `1643' at the head. For an English translation, apparently also in the hand of John Evelyn junior, see Add. MS 15950, ff. 88-93v. Beal EvJ 106. Formerly Evelyn MS 537.

5. ff. 72-87. Shorthand guides; 1633, n.d. Formerly Evelyn MS 202.

6. f. 88. Single sheet with an Anglo-Saxon alphabet in columns; [1650s?]. Autograph, endorsed in another hand, `J. Evelyn's copy of the Saxon alphabet'. The English grammar by Evelyn in Add. 15950, ff. 94-98, ends with an Anglo-Saxon alphabet. Phillipps MS 29426. Formerly Evelyn MS 483.

7. ff. 89-99. Syriac, Slavonic, Coptic, Samaritan, Arabic, Greek, and Hebrew alphabets; 17th cent. Not in Evelyn’s hand.

8. ff. 100-101. Notes and pen drawings by Evelyn of Egyptian hieroglyphs; 17th cent.

9. ff. 102-108. Copy of Act 1 of Terence's `The Eunuch', in an unidentified hand, with the note in Evelyn's later hand , `Academical Exercise'. Formerly Evelyn MS 526.

10. ff. 109-114. Commonplace notes endorsed by Evelyn `Education. To Direct Young Scholars how to proceede in their study'. Originally bound by mistake with the notes to be added to `Elysium Britannicum', Add. MS 78343 above. `Papers concerning education' are included in Evelyn's list of `Things I would write out faire and reforme if I had Leasure', in Add. MS 78404.

11. ff. 115-124. Evelyn’s matriculation certificate for Balliol College, 1637, and passports for travelling; 1643-1650. Formerly Evelyn MS 17, 405, 406 and unnumbered.

12. ff. 125-143. Family and heraldic notes; [1670s?], n.d.

13. f. 144. Notes by Evelyn headed `Itinerary Italy’. Formerly Evelyn MS 549.

14. ff. 145-168. Miscellaneous fragmentary works and notes, including pp. 17-30 of Tyrannus or the Mode (1661) by Evelyn, printed, with a few marginal marks.

15. ff. 169-175. Pen and ink sketches by Evelyn of the plans and elevation of the several floors of a large formal house, with his notes.