Brief miscellaneous notes and extracts
MS. Rawl. B. 459
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Brief miscellaneous notes and extracts
Shelfmark
MS. Rawl. B. 459
Summary
Comprises:
(fol. 1) Notes on medals.
(fol. 2) Alphabetum Mœso-Gothicum.
(fol. 3) Notes of MSS. by William Lambard in the Chapter library at Canterbury.
(fol. 3b) Alphabetum e numismatibus Anglo-Saxonicis et Anglo-Danicis desumptum.
(fol. 5) Notes from a MS. of the Brute chronicle in the possession of — Walpole of Gray's Inn.
(fol. 26) Two short extracts from Th. Gascoigne's Dictionarium theologicum.
(fol. 55) Extract on the study of Saxon and Northern literature from Hickes' preface to his Thesaurus, pp. iii.—iv.
(fols. 72–74) Explanation of a few letters and contractions found on Roman coins and medals.
(fol. 76) Explanation of a few contractions found in Latin MSS.
(fols. 6–25, 27–54, 56–71) are blank.
Date
18th century
Language
Latin
English
Physical facet
On paper, in quarto
Physical extent
76 Leaves
Custodial history
Insunt insignia gentilitia "Jacobi Mickleton de Crook Hall in com. Dunelm. 1718."
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Collection contents
Rawlinson B: English History
Brief miscellaneous notes and extracts
