Add MS 4355

'SANCTI PATRIS BASILIJ Magni Episcopi Caesariensis in Esaiam Prophetam commentariorum Tomus prior de graecis in latina conuersus per Johannem Shepreuum graecarum et hebraicarum literarum olim Oxonij professorem publicum celeberrimum'; before 1542. The title, and the address to King Philip which follows (ff. 3-14), dated at Oxford, 1 Sept.

1554, are by and in the autograph of George Etherege al. Ethrygg al. Edrych. Etherege was a pupil of John Shepreve at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, and Regius Professor of Greek 1547-1550, 1554-1559. Shepreve's translation, comprising only Is. i-iv and preceded by a 'praefatio' (f. 15), is probably autograph as far as f. 325, the remainder being in the hand of a student corrected by the author. At f. 2b is 'Ad sacram Trinitatem Hymnus Johannis Shepreui' in fourteen Latin elegiacs. Birch has prefixed (f. 1) a note on Shepreve. Latin. Paper; ff. 345. Octavo. XVI cent. On f. 1 is the inscription 'Tho. Birch 1 Junij 1763' and the name 'John Holwell' in an early 17th cent. hand.

John Shepreve, d 1542 Professor of Hebrew at Oxford: Translation of St. Basil's Commentary upon Isaiah, i-iv: 16th cent.: Lat.: Partly autogr.(?).

Bible. Commentaries: Translation of St. Basil's Commentary upon Isaiah i-iv, by J. Shepreve: 16th cent.: Lat.

Saint Basil,; of Caesarea; 'the Great': Commentaries on Isaiah i-iv, translated by J. Shepreve: 16th cent.: Lat.

includes:

• f. 2b John Shepreve, d 1542 Professor of Hebrew at Oxford: Hymn to the Holy Trinity: 16th cent.: Lat.
• f. 2b Hymns: Hymn to the Holy Trinity, by J. Shepreve: 16th cent.: Lat.
• ff. 3-14 George Etherege, alias Edrych alias Ethrygg; classical scholar: Preface to J. Shepreve's translation of St Basil's commentary upon Isaiah i-iv: 1554.: Lat.