De rebus bellicis. — 16th century, second quarter; Italian (?)
Dep. Bridges 71
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Description
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Title
De rebus bellicis. — 16th century, second quarter; Italian (?)
Shelfmark
Dep. Bridges 71
Place of origin
Italian (?)
Date
16th century, second quarter
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
paper, watermark on both leaves, similar to Briquet 3063, 3066–8
Physical extent
2 consecutive leaves, now pasted together but originally not conjoint
Hands
Written in fine humanistic cursive script
Decoration
Plain initials in ink by the scribe
Acquisition
Preserved, doubtless as a calligraphic specimen, among the papers of Robert Bridges, deposited by Thomas Edward Bridges, 2nd Baron Bridges, in 1978; Lord Bridges' permission is required for access.
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Title
Miscellaneous literary papers
Shelfmark
Dep. Bridges 71
Summary
Including:
(fols. 1-19) drafts of individual poems, mainly printed in collections of his verse, 1873-1921, with (fols. 8-10) a draft of `On receiving Trivia' 1902, annotated by Bridges `rejected 1925'
(fols. 20-34) notes, probably for S.P.E. tracts, 1927, n.d., on (fols. 20-4) beauty in language, (fols. 25-7) homophones, (fols. 28-30) phonetics and pronunciation, and (fols. 31-4) rhymes
(fol. 35) note on Ramsay MacDonald and the Zinovieff letter, 1924
(fol. 36) note on `Le Poseur' referring mainly to Oscar Wilde
(fols. 37-9) notes on an article by Herbert Spencer `Philosophy of style' published in the Westminster Gazette, Oct. 1852
(fols. 40-59) miscellaneous notes and drafts of letters, n.d.
(fol. 60) page proof of lines 274-95 of Ibant Obscuri
(fol. 61) page proof of lines 344-406 of his paraphrase of part of Homer's Iliad (g and h used as wrappers)
(fols. 62-3) two leaves written in fine humanistic cursive script, possibly in Italy, in the second quarter of the 16th century, from chapters IV-VI of the anonymous 4th-century text De rebus bellicus (ed. E.A. Thompson. A Roman reformer and inventor, Oxford 1952), preserved, probably as a calligraphic specimen by Bridges
(fols. 69-77) a review by Bridges published in The Dial, Nov. 1920
Date
c. 1873-1927
Language
English
Physical extent
79 Leaves
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Collection contents
Archive of Robert Seymour Bridges
Personal and miscellaneous papers
Miscellaneous literary papers
