Fair copy of a poem in hexameters

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MS. Lat. misc. f. 30

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Fair copy of a poem in hexameters, 'Britanniae scholasticae pars prior [books I-III] ... A Roberto Burghillo [Burhill] Oxoniae in artibus inceptore', c.1594, dedicated (fol. 6) to Herbert Westfaling, Bishop of Hereford.

Book III is incomplete, and the manuscript has been much damaged by damp. A longer version in ten books, dedicated to Sir Thomas Bodley, is MS. e Mus. 132 (Summary Catalogue no. 3507).

Dates

c.1594

Extent

51 Leaves

Language of Materials

Latin

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Lat. misc. f. 30, fols. 1-2].

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Shelfmark:

MS. Lat. misc. f. 30

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 16941

Additional Description

Overview

Fair copy of a poem in hexameters, 'Britanniae scholasticae pars prior [books I-III] ... A Roberto Burghillo [Burhill] Oxoniae in artibus inceptore', c.1594.