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Royal MS 16 E XIV
- Record Id:
- 040-002107184
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002105724
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000338.0x00014a
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- Royal MS 16 E XIV
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'PETITES OEUVRES contemplatives': extracts from Desiderius Erasmus and Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, the elder, dedicated to [Henry VII or VIII ?] by Gervasius Amoenus, probably the same as the editor of Valerius Flaccus (Paris, 1500), otherwise apparently unknown. In the dedication Gervais states that he was under the patronage of [William Blount,] Lord Mountjoy (d. 1534), and that the translation was begun by 'vostre bon orateur deffunct maistre Henry Hault', and finished by himself after Hault's death. A Henry Hawte was physician to the Duke of Buckingham in 1508, or perhaps this is one of the Haute family of Kent (cf. 14 E. III). The dedication concludes with a Latin couplet, 'Hec tibi Geruasius, rex optime, donat Amoenus, Que capias hilari xenia fronte rogat'. The contents are:-
1. 'Extraict des oeuures Desiderius Erasmus', from the Enchiridion militis Christiani, first published (according to the provisional bibliography, Bibliotheca Erasmiana, Université de Gand, 1893) in the Lucubratiunculae, 1503. Beg. 'Vertu a laquelle obtenir'. f. 3.
2. 'Aucunes reigles de Picus Miran. addressantes les hommes en la bataille spirituelle', followed by 'Douze armures de la bataille', &c., and 'Douze conditions de laymant'. Cf. a different translation in 16 E. XXV. The Latin is in the Basel edition of Pico's works, 1601, i, p. 219. An English version by Sir Tho. Elyot was printed in 1534. Beg. 'La premiere reigle est que si la voye'. f. 4 b.
3. 'Deuote oraison a Jhesucrist, filz de la vierge Marie, redempteur du genre humain, composee par le dessusdit Erasmus': from the Latin, printed (first?) in the Precationes, Friburgi, 1535, p. 77 (cf. Opera, Basel, 1540, v, p. 1010). Beg. 'Je te adore de prompte et humble pensee'. f. 8.
4. 'Certain pean et louenge quon doibt dire a la vierge', by the same. The Latin is in Lucubratiunculae, 1503 (cf. Opera, Basel, 1540, v, p. 1025). Beg. '[V]ierge mere Marie, vnicque ornement du ciel'. f. 19. The vellum fly-leaves (f. i) are from an early 14th cent. MS. containing some kind of repertorium (not alphabetical) of civil law.
Paper; ff. i + 31. 8 in. x 51/4 in. Early XVI cent. Not in the old catalogues.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Royal Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002105724
040-002107184 - Is part of:
- Royal MS 1 A I-20 E X : Royal Manuscripts
Royal MS 16 E XIV : 'PETITES OEUVRES contemplatives': extracts from Desiderius Erasmus and Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, the elder,… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002105724[1349]/040-002107184
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Royal MS 1 A I-20 E X
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1500
- End Date:
- 1540
- Date Range:
- Early 16th century
- Era:
- CE
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