'The First Book of Homer's Iliad, translated ... into English Prose by John Baynes M.A. Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. 1784', written in 1784 (?) by J. Baynes

File

MS. Douce 354

Held at the Weston Library

A title written by Joseph Ritson: the translation begins: 'Sing, goddess, the destructive wrath of Achilles.'.

Dates

14 Leaves

MS. Douce 354

Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. IV, no 21929

Our best descriptions for medieval items in this collection are in Medieval Manuscripts in Oxford Libraries under MSS. Douce.

Douce bought the book at Ritson's sale.

On paper

10 5/8 × 8 1/8 in.

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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