'Inscriptiones singulares', copies of noteworthy Latin inscriptions, ancient and modern, with a large number of engravings of figures etc. cut from printed books, and now (1894) pasted in
MS. D'Orville 540
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
'Inscriptiones singulares', copies of noteworthy Latin inscriptions, ancient and modern, with a large number of engravings of figures etc. cut from printed books, and now (1894) pasted in
Shelfmark
MS. D'Orville 540
Summary
Some of the inscriptions are fictitious. The handwriting appears to be that of Adrian Beverland.
Date
written in about A.D. 1690 by Adrian Beverland
Language
Latin
Physical facet
On paper, with Beverland's armorial bookplate
Physical extent
74 Leaves
Custodial history
Beverland's armorial bookplate is on fol. iiv: he gave the volume to Fridericus Spanhemius on 1 Sept. 1692.
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Collection contents
Manuscripts of Jacques Philippe D'Orville
'Inscriptiones singulares', copies of noteworthy Latin inscriptions, ancient and modern, with a large number of engravings of figures etc. cut from printed books, and now (1894) pasted in
