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Excerpts of vaticinations relating to the peril of Europe from the Turks, Written in A.D. 1574

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MS. Selden Supra 91
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Excerpts of vaticinations relating to the peril of Europe from the Turks:

  1. Chiefly from Methodius's Revelationes (fol. 9)
  2. Sebastian Brandt's commentary on Methodius, 1496 (fol. 10)
  3. Antonius Torquatus's Prognosticon de eversione Europae, A.D. 1480, printed in 1544 at Antwerp and here copied from a manuscript transcript (in 1556) of the printed edition (fol. 12v)
  4. An added note on fol. 15v refers to a MS. in the old University library
  5. Fols. 1-8, 16-end are almost blank

Dates

  • Creation: Written in A.D. 1574

Extent

31 Leaves

Language of Materials

  • Latin
  • English

Shelfmark

MS. Selden Supra 91

Arrangement

Old Selden mark = 91

Other Finding Aids

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. II, no. 3479

Custodial History

Manuscript 3493 acquired by the Bodleian Library

Physical Facet

On paper

Dimensions

8 3/4 × 6 1/2 in.

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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