Three Latin manuscrips

Title

Three Latin manuscrips

Shelfmark

MS. Arch. Selden B. 4

Summary

A (2nd quarter of 17th cent.) (fol. iii). 'Anno 1628, 24° Junij Coloniæ. Catologus (sic) omnium librorum [manuscriptorum] qui sunt in Bibliotheca Martiana (sic) Venetijs' both Greek and Latin, in several alphabetical orders. [This and the following appear to be copied from MS. Rawl. 906. Cr.]; (fol. lv). 'Index librorum manuscriptorum ex Bibliotheca Regia Diui Laurentij' i. e. the Escurial, partly in Spanish, arranged by subjects. There are marks distinguishing the donations of S. Antonio Perez, Doctor Paez, Andrea de Armar [= Darmarius], 'Los que dion su Magestad'.

B (1st half of 17th cent.) (fol. lxxvi). A Latin translation of the Koran, beginning after the preface 'Asora prima. In nomine Dei miseratoris misericordis. Hic liber, non est error in eo, directio fidentibus': in two hands, with corrections. 'Ex dono serenissimi principis Caroli Ludovici comitis Palatini Rheni etc. Anno 1647', Selden's note.

C (about the middle of the 16th cent.) (fol. 1). Copies of thirty Treaties, political and commercial, etc., between England and (1) Germany, 1495-1545, (2) France, 1515-27, with one of 1546 added, (3) Scotland, 1525-8, with one undated and one of 1551 added:

A list of them is at fol. clxxxvv. Fols. 97-108, containing two treaties, are wanting

'Lumley' is on fol. 1, showing that this part of the volume belonged to John lord Lumley (d. 1609)

A note of Oct. 27, 1558, on fol. clxxxv, about 'the cardynalles great cofer' may be by him, and may refer to cardinal Pole.

Date

Made up of three MSS. written in the 16th and 17th century

Language

Latin

Physical facet

On paper

Physical extent

129 Leaves

Custodial history

'Emptus Lugduni Batavorum pro 4 libris et ferens (?)ovoua anglice Hortus Hyemalis . pertinens ad Johannem de Fonte Australi anglice Southwelle', about 1620-30 (?).

Manuscript 3348 acquired by the Bodleian Library