Latin speech of Queen Elizabeth to the University of Oxford; Translation into English of the Pro Marcello of Cicero, and 'Epistola beatae Mariae virginis ad Messanenses'
A. Fol. 1. Latin speech of Queen Elizabeth to the University of Oxford, Sept. 28, 1592: beg. 'Merita et gratitudo': printed in Elizabethan Oxford (Oxf. Hist. Soc., vol. viii), pp. 271-3, from a later copy (MS. Tanner 461, fol. 171v) which presents some textual differences.
B. Fol. 2. Translation into English of the Pro Marcello of Cicero by Queen Elizabeth and in her autograph (a late non-calligraphic hand), on paper water-marked with the Crown and initials E R: beg. 'Of my longue scilence'. See English Historical Review, vol. xxix, p. 271; Bodleian Quarterly Record, vol. i, p. 22. The Old Catalogue describes this article as simply 'a translation of one of Cicero's Orations into Old English'; and its authorship has not been known hitherto.
C. Fol. 10. 'Epistola beatae Mariae virginis ad Messanenses', translated out of Greek into Latin by Constantine Lascaris, followed by an English translation; the epistle is printed in Greek and Latin in Migne's Patrologia Graeca, vol. clxi, p. 911 n. [Cr.]
Dates
- Creation: Written at the end of the 16th century, in several hands
Extent
12 Leaves
Language of Materials
- Latin
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Bodl. 900, fols. 1-2]
Shelfmark:
MS. Bodl. 900
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 18099
Abstract
Latin speech of Queen Elizabeth to the University of Oxford; Translation into English of the Pro Marcello of Cicero, and 'Epistola beatae Mariae virginis ad Messanenses'
Biographical / Historical
Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603) ruled England and Ireland from 1558 to 1603.
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. II, no. 3029
Custodial History
Manuscript 2905* acquired by the Bodleian Library
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Probably presented by Patrick Young, librarian of Windsor, along with MS. Bodl. 899 and MS. Autogr. e. 2, in 1639.
Physical Facet
On paper, bound in limp parchment, stamped with lozenge-shaped ornament bearing a rose surmounted by a crown as on MS. Rawlinson E. 130
Dimensions
12 5/8 × 8 1/4 in.
Topical
Subject
- Title
- Latin speech of Queen Elizabeth to the University of Oxford; Translation into English of the Pro Marcello of Cicero, and 'Epistola beatae Mariae virginis ad Messanenses'
- Status
- Published
- Date
- EAD version 2020 by Alice Whichelow
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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