Manuscript copy of the 1568 edition of Epistola magistri Benedicti Passavantii responsiva ad commissionem sibi datam a ... Petro Lyseto
Manuscript copy of the 1568 edition of Epistola magistri Benedicti Passavantii responsiva ad commissionem sibi datam a ... Petro Lyseto; bound with a printed copy of Epistola M. Arthusii de Cressonnieriis Britonis Galli (Tours?, 1611).
Dates
- Creation: 17th century
Extent
70 manuscript leaves
Language of Materials
- Latin
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Lat. th. f. 9, fols. 1-2].
Shelfmark:
MS. Lat. th. f. 9
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 16962
Abstract
>Manuscript copy of the 1568 edition of Epistola magistri Benedicti Passavantii responsiva ad commissionem sibi datam a ... Petro Lyseto; bound with a printed copy of Epistola M. Arthusii de Cressonnieriis Britonis Galli (Tours?, 1611).
Biographical / Historical
Biographical details unknown.
Other Finding Aids
M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. II, no. 48028.
Custodial History
On the title-page of the printed work the signature of 'Petrus Delariuey' (Pierre de Larivey), Troyes, 1618, possibly the scribe of the manuscript; on fol. iv, a bookplate with the motto 'Liber Libro', and a pencil note 'Ga.[?] 3. MS. 64' (19th century).
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bequeathed, with MSS. Eng. misc. c. 146-8, d. 218-25, e. 198,f. 59-61; Lat. misc. d. 55-62, e. 84; Eng. lett. c. 11, d. 36, by John Hodgkin, 1930.
Physical Facet
19th-cent. half calf, gilt, marbled boards, labelled 'Passavantii et Cressonneri. Epistola. M.S.' on spine
Topical
- Title
- Manuscript copy of the 1568 edition of 'Epistola magistri Benedicti Passavantii responsiva ad commissionem sibi datam a ... Petro Lyseto'
- Status
- Published
- Date
- EAD version 2019 by Pauline Soum-Paris
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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