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MS. D'Orville 578
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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MS. D'Orville 578
Summary
Comprises:
(fol. 5) Medical and other recipes, with an index, in German
(fol. 49v) Mathematical puzzles copied from Wijnant van Westen's Mathematische Vermaeklijkheden, in Dutch
(fol. 52) 'Prolegomena Mathematices', an elementary manual of arithmetic, geometry and astronomy, in Latin: beg. 'Mathematica agit 1. de nomine.'
(fol. 81) A short manual of Politics, in German: beg. 'Caput 1. Vom Staat und dysen Eintheilung.'
(fol. 106) Epigrams, retrograde verses and other literary curiosities, in Latin and German: with other miscellanies, one dated 1713
(fol. 165) 'Das Sterbende Leben', a German play in five acts.
(fol. 201) Heraldic notes, in German.
Date
written early in the 18th cent.
Language
Dutch
German
Latin
Physical facet
On paper
Physical extent
235 Leaves
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