'Tracts etc. translated by Mrs Elizab: Elstob ...'
MS. Ballard 67
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
'Tracts etc. translated by Mrs Elizab: Elstob ...'
Shelfmark
MS. Ballard 67
Summary
'Tracts etc. translated by Mrs Elizab: Elstob ...', among which are:
Fol. 3. Extracts from a Martyrology 'xii Kal. Decembr. Passio Sancti Eadmundi regis et martyris': beg. 'Sum swytðe gelæred munuc'; (fol. 11) 'Non. Ag. Natale sancti Oswaldi regis et martyris': beg. 'Æfte San ðe Augustinus to Engla lande becom.' See MS. Ballard 58, art. 2. c.
Fol. 19. 'De infantibus', beg. 'We biddaþ eow, men, & beodaþ': see MS. Ballard 58, art. 2. d.
Fol. 23. 'In optatissimum adventum Georgij Domini Regisserenissimi', a poem in Old English by William Elstob: beg. 'Nu is hit me to receanne.'
Fol. 29. 'To make such Coloured and Gilded Letters, as are to be seen frequently in old MSS. Transcribed out of an antient Manuscript in Biblioth: Covent. Clas: 2. lib. 5. Humfrey Wanley March 23. 1690/1. Elizabeth Elstob Aug: 9th 1710': beg. 'How thowe shalt temper colourys.'
Ballard has transcribed a few Old English deeds, etc., in 1752, at fol. 41.
Date
Written in 1710 etc. by E. Elstob
Language
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Physical facet
On paper
Physical extent
61 Leaves
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Collection contents
'Tracts etc. translated by Mrs Elizab: Elstob ...'
