Translation of Nicholas Upton, 'De studio militari', made by John Blount 'studens in the vniuersite of Oxforthe' at the command of William Blount, 4th Baron Mountjoy, c. 16th century
Translation of Nicholas Upton, 'De studio militari', made by John Blount 'studens in the vniuersite of Oxforthe' at the command of William Blount, 4th Baron Mountjoy.
Copied, and illustrated with emblazoned coats of arms, by two mid-16th-cent. scribes, and annotated from the Latin original and paginated in a third 16th-cent. hand.
Dates
- Creation: c. 16th century
Extent
210 Leaves
Language of Materials
- Latin
Shelfmark
MS. Eng. misc. d. 227
Other Finding Aids
Custodial History
Owned by Sir Edward Bysshe (note by Peter Le Neve, fol. iii); John Wilcox, 22 Feb. 1731 (Le Neve sale), lot 548; signature (?) inked out at fol. iiiv; signature of E[benezer?] Mussell, 17[4?]o (fol. i); numbered 33 inside upper cover; Barnard no. 2793.
Bibliography
- Described and partly printed in F. P. Barnard, The essential portions of De studio militari (Oxford, 1931).
Physical Facet
18th-century calf, gilt, using reversed covers of 17th-cent. bindings, rebacked
Repository Details
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