Poems by 'R. B.'
MS. Selden Supra 84
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Poems by 'R. B.'
Shelfmark
MS. Selden Supra 84
Summary
'Θρίαμβος το Βασιλέως έξάγλωσσος ...', poems by 'R. B.' (i.e. Richard Brett of Lincoln college, Oxford, as dr. Macray notes) on the Gunpowder plot of 1605. The poems are in Latin (three), Greek (three), Hebrew, Chaldaic, Syriac and Arabic (each one), and are dedicated to the earl of Salisbury, to whom this volume probably belonged.
Date
Written in A.D. 1605 by R. Brett
Language
Hebrew
Modern Greek (1453-)
Latin
Arabic
Syriac
Physical facet
On parchment, binding, limp white parchment with gold ornament
Physical extent
9 Leaves
Custodial history
Manuscript 3487 acquired by the Bodleian Library
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