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Various Latin speeches and academical letters and speeches, written in the first half of the 17th century partly by archbp. Sancroft, partly by his uncle

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MS. Sancroft 25
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Comprises:

  1. (p. 9) Various Latin speeches (praelectiones, etc.) chiefly philosophical, delivered at Cambridge, apparently about 1620-1630: in the handwriting of W. Sancroft, uncle of the archbp.
  2. (p. 131) Academical letters and speeches copied by archbp. Sancroft, including one by his uncle of the same name, the master of Emmanuel College, 7 Jul 1629: and 'Ad Regem Jacobum [primum] in Collegio Emmanuelis alloquium.'.

Dates

  • Creation: written in the first half of the 17th century partly by archbp. Sancroft, partly by his uncle

Extent

320 pages

Language of Materials

  • Latin

Shelfmark

MS. Sancroft 25

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. III, no. 10326.

Physical Facet

On paper

Dimensions

6 7/8 × 4 3/4 in.

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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