'Veterum Hispaniae deorum manes sive reliquiae, Ruderico Caro Bætico autore, MDCXXIIX', containing copies of many Latin inscriptions: with added notes
MS. D'Orville 47
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
'Veterum Hispaniae deorum manes sive reliquiae, Ruderico Caro Bætico autore, MDCXXIIX', containing copies of many Latin inscriptions: with added notes
Shelfmark
MS. D'Orville 47
Summary
Includes (fol. 74) 'Excerpta ex libro geographic Nubiensis, qui vocatur Relaxatio Animi curiosi ab Nuba quodam Arabe [Mohammed ben Mohammed Idrisi] composite', translated into Latin by Gabriel Sionita.
The Arabic original was printed at Paris in 1629: this is a copy of the translation. The writer lived in the 12th century, and describes North Africa and Spain. At fol. 86 are notes on the Spanish part by Rudericus Carus Bæticus, with additions.
Date
written in the 17th cent.
Language
Latin
Physical facet
On paper
Physical extent
122 Leaves
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Collection contents
Manuscripts of Jacques Philippe D'Orville
'Veterum Hispaniae deorum manes sive reliquiae, Ruderico Caro Bætico autore, MDCXXIIX', containing copies of many Latin inscriptions: with added notes
