Miscellaneous tracts, copies of letters and verse
MS. Bywater 36
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Miscellaneous tracts, copies of letters and verse
Shelfmark
MS. Bywater 36
Summary
Miscellaneous tracts, copies of letters and verse, comprising: (fols. 2-5) verses in Italian, 17th cent.; (fols. 6-100) drafts in the hand of Nicephorus Melissenus, 'πϵρἰτάδος', and (fols. 79-100) notes and epigrams by him; (fols. 101-26) copies in a 16th-cent. hand of letters in Greek from Michael Apostolios, printed from other sources in Émile Legrand, Bibliographie hellénique ... aux XVe et XVIe siècles, ii (Paris, 1885), 233-59; (fols. 127-222) Latin treatises, (fols. 127-42) 'quaestiones' on Aristotle De anima, entitled 'Tractatus in libros De anima in Neapolitano Liceo', 1653, and (fols. 143-222) 'Tractatus de sacramento eucharistiae', 17th cent. The volume (except for fols. 143-222) is described, and the Greek verse pieces printed, in Emile Legrand, Bibliographie hellénique ... au dixseptième siecle, v (Paris, 1903), 488-98.
Date
16th-17th cent.
Language
English
Physical facet
vellum binding
Physical extent
224 Leaves
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Collection contents
Manuscripts and Papers of Ingram Bywater
Manuscripts collected by Bywater
Miscellaneous tracts, copies of letters and verse
