Commonplace-book of dr. Thomas Marshall, Written in 1644, etc., by dr. Thomas Marshall
File
MS. Marshall 80
Held at the Weston Library
Commonplace-book of dr. Thomas Marshall, including:
- Fol. 11. jottings upon art and old masters, headed 'Observationes d. Ant. Dykii' [Van Dyck], in Dutch, beg. 'Het grootste deel der Konst', followed by 'Observata quaedam in adversariis Guillelmi Pettie' (fol. 13), Italian notes by 'pater Fitton' (fol. 18), and 'Observations of Inigo Jones' upon great English painters (fol. 19v)
- Fol. 22. lists of editions of the Bible in Dutch, French, and German
- Fol. 25. 'Ex libro Apulei Platonici de medicaminibus herbarum, collato cum MS. exemplari vetustissimo in bibliotheca Isaaci Vossii, cui accedit versio Saxonica; utriusque communicacio debetur doctori Francisco Junio, Francisci filio', and (fol. 27v) a passage on the mandragora in Anglo-Saxon, with (fol. 28v) the Latin of Apuleius, not found in Humelberg's edition
- Fol. 44v. a list of Dutch types
- Fol. 45. armorial bearings of various families of Marshall
- Fol. 57v. letters commendatory and other Latin forms in use at Oxford
- Fol. 58v. 'Specimen operis polyglotti', being Ps. cxvii, v. 1, in 23 languages
Fol. 2 has '1643 Jan. 8', and fol. 23 '1648'.
(fols. 30-44, 48v-56v are blank).
Dates
- Creation: Written in 1644, etc., by dr. Thomas Marshall
Extent
58 Leaves
Language of Materials
- Multiple languages
- Latin
- Dutch; Flemish
- Italian
- English
Shelfmark
MS. Marshall 80
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. 8661
Custodial History
Manuscript (80).
Physical Facet
On paper
Dimensions
7 1/2 × 5 5/8 in.
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Contact:
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Weston Library
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Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk