Elementary reading-book for the Russian and Polish languages, by Conrad v. Pack Gleshinski, a native of Lower Silesia, bulk: 17th century
Containing:
- the Sclavonic and Polish alphabets;
- the first Psalm, the Epistle to Philemon, the Lord's Prayer, and the numerals, in Sclavonic, both as written and as pronounced, in Polish, in English and in German.
Prefixed is a dedication to Prince Rupert, in German, and at the end is an account of the help and money received by the compiler from many persons in England, of whom he mentions the following: The King and the Duke of York (to whom, with others, he presented "ein Theatrum Cometicum"), Duke of Ormond, Archbishop of Canterbury, Bishops of London and Salisbury, Earl of Ailesbury, Countesses of Derby and Huntingdon, Ladies Dynham, Tyrrell, and Dormer ("d'Ormour"), Sir James Langham, Sir John Harpur, Sir Thos. Steevens, Sir Rich. Robinson, Sir Theodore de Vaux, Sir Rob. Vyner, Marq. Spinola, Sir Stephen Fox, Messrs. Lake, Clarke, Dilke, Osborn, Benlowes, Dr. Barlow, and — Geurdain, M.D.
He had presented other copies of this MS. to the Bishops of Rochester, Oxford, Winchester, and Carlisle, Count Guldenlaw, the Earls of Orrery and Denbigh, Lord Barkeley, Sir Jon. Trelawny ("Trylany"), Sir Philip Warwick, Sir Leoline Jenkins, Drs. Stillingfleet, Willis, Pierce, and Fell; the gifts he received in return are mentioned.
The volume concludes with an account of the origin and importance of the Sclavonic language and the reasons for its study.
At the end is inserted a short abstract of the contents of the volume, written by Mr. John Andreæ of Frankfort, 22 May 1769, at the request of Rev. John Price, then Librarian of the Bodleian Library.
On a fly-leaf is the following memorandum: "Serjent Brown, at the sign of the Plume of Feathers near Argyle Buildings in Oxford Road, came from Dr. Maddocks at the French boarding-school near Cavendish Square."
Dates
- Creation: Majority of material found within 17th century
Extent
45 Leaves
Language of Materials
- Slavic languages
- Russian
- Polish
- English
- German
Shelfmark
MS. Rawl. C. 544
Other Finding Aids
William D. Macray, Catalogi codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Bodleianae partis quintae fasciculus primus viri munificentissimi Ricardi Rawlinson, J.C.D., codicum classes duas priores, ad rem historicam praecipue et topographicam spectantes, complectens (Oxford, 1862), no. C. 544.
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. 12390.
Custodial History
Owned in 1748–1749 by Thomas Hobbes.
Physical Facet
On paper, in quarto
Creator
- From the Collection: Rawlinson | Richard | 1690-1755 | Antiquary and Nonjuror (Person)
- From the Collection: Pepys | Samuel | 1633-1703 | MP, Diarist, Public Servant, Antiquary (Person)
- From the Collection: Thurloe | John | 1616-1668 | Secretary to the Council of State (Person)
- From the Collection: Wilkinson | Thomas | fl 1600-1699 | Anglican clergyman (Person)
- From the Collection: Bracton | Henry de | c 1210-1268 | Judge, Chancellor of Exeter Cathedral (Person)
- From the Collection: Gunning | Peter | 1614-1684 | Bishop of Ely (Person)
- From the Collection: Lewis | John | c 1700-1799 | Minister of Margate (Person)
- From the Collection: Robinson | John | 1650-1723 | Bishop of London (Person)
- From the Collection: Fitzwilliams | John | fl 1600-1699 | Nonjuror (Person)
- From the Collection: Grenville | Denis | 1637-1703 | Jacobite Archbishop of York | also known as Denis Granville (Person)
- From the Collection: Locke | John | 1632-1704 | philospher (Person)
- From the Collection: Mandeville | Sir | John | d 1372 | travel writer (Person)
- From the Collection: Nedam | James | fl 1532-1543 | Royal Surveyor of Works (Person)
- From the Collection: Roach | Richard | 1662-1730 | Anglican clergyman (Person)
- From the Collection: Beaumont | fl 1688-1730 | Nonconformist (Person)
- From the Collection: Fleming | Robert | ? 1660-1716 | Presbyterian Minister (Person)
- From the Collection: Hawes | Samuel | fl 1694-1700 | Nonjuror (Person)
- From the Collection: Price | Daniel | fl 1685-1706 | Dean of St Asaph (Person)
- From the Collection: Stanton | William | fl 1697-1704 (Person)
- From the Collection: Swadlin | Thomas | 1600-1670 | Royalist divine (Person)
- From the Collection: Turner | Francis | ? 1638-1700 | Bishop of Ely (Person)
- From the Collection: Turner | Thomas | 1645-1714 | President of Corpus Christi College Oxford (Person)
- From the Collection: Samber | Robert | fl 1710-1729 | Poet (Person)
- From the Collection: Williams | John | fl 1709-1726 | Poet (Person)
- From the Collection: Hearne | Thomas | 1678-1735 | Antiquary and Nonjuror (Person)
- From the Collection: Wharton | Philip | 1613-1696 | 4th Baron Wharton (Person)
- From the Collection: Zamboni | Giovanni Giacomo | fl 1723-1751 | resident in England for Duke of Modena (Person)
- From the Collection: Sancroft | William | 1617-1693 | Archbishop of Canterbury (Person)
- From the Collection: Neve | John Le | 1679-1741 | Antiquary (Person)
- From the Collection: L'Estrange | Hamon | 1605-1660 | theologian and historian (Person)
- From the Collection: Gronovius | Jacobus | 1645-1716 | classical scholar (Person)
- From the Collection: Smith | Thomas | 1638-1710 | Nonjuror Historian and Librarian (Person)
- From the Collection: Holman | William | d 1730 | Essex Antiquary Congregational Minister (Person)
Repository Details
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