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Exposition of Ten Commandments, Creed, Sacraments, Liturgy, etc., with prefaces — 16th century

MS. Selden Superius 111

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Title

Exposition of Ten Commandments, Creed, Sacraments, Liturgy, etc., with prefaces — 16th century

Shelfmark

MS. Selden Superius 111

Date

16th century

Language

Russian

Contents

Exposition of Ten Commandments, Creed, Sacraments, Liturgy, etc., with prefaces

Form

codex

Support

paper

Physical extent

viii + 242 pages

Hands

Apparently written by Christopher Borough (A. E. Pennington, 'A Sixteenth-Century English Slavist', Modern Language Review, 62, No. 4 (Oct., 1967), pp. 680-686)

Binding

Limp white parchment with gold ornament and the royal arms of England on the sides. English work of c. 1590

Acquisition

Acquired by the Bodleian in 1659

Provenance

'Forte repertum Londinj hunc libellum emit M. Westermannus: Equidem ab eo redemj, si fortassis indagare queam characterum explicationes . 14 . Nouemb. 1590

'John Sjmson his boke', early 17th century.

John Selden, 1584–1654

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Title

Exposition of 10 commandments

Shelfmark

MS. Selden Superius 111

Summary

Exposition of 10 commandments, Creed, Sacraments, Liturgy, etc., with prefaces: a list of contents is on p. 234.

Date

Written in the 16th century

Language

Russian

Physical facet

On paper, stained; binding, limp white parchment with gold ornament and the royal arms of England on the sides, English work of about 1590

Physical extent

242 pages

Custodial history

'Forte repertum Londinj hunc libellum emit M. Westermannus: Equidem ab eo redemj, si fortassis indagare queam characterum explications . 14 . Nouemb . 1590': 'John Sjmson his boke,' early 17th century.

Manuscript 3343 acquired by the Bodleian Library

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Collection contents

Manuscripts of John Selden

Exposition of 10 commandments

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  • Borough, Christopher, fl. 1579-1587

  • Selden, John, 1584-1654

  • Simson, John, 17th century

  • Westermannus, M., fl. 1590

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