Notebook of Sir Henry Savile compiled during a continental tour, c. 1581. The notebook includes a commentary on Aristotle, Meteorologica, dated '10 Maij. 1581. Vratislaviae' (Wroclaw, Poland); notes in Italian on scientific subjects; and extracts from Themistius on the Posterior Analytics. Savile's name does not appear; the attribution to him is made by Gamillscheg & Harlfinger (IA, p. 79, no. 116) on the basis of the Greek script.
The accompanying MSS (MS. Eng. misc. d. 204) is a description of the notebook by P.E. Matheson.
Dates
- Creation: [c. 1581], [18--?]
Extent
0.10 Linear metres (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
- Greek, Modern (1453-)
- Latin
- Italian
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. Gr. misc. e. 8, fols. 1-2].
Full range of shelfmarks:
Gr. misc. e. 8; Eng. misc. d. 204
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 13289
Abstract
Notebook of Sir Henry Savile, with a description of the manuscript by P.E. Matheson.
Biographical / Historical
Sir Henry Savile (1549-1622) was a scholar, see the Dictionary of National Biography for further details.
Percy Ewing Matheson (1859-1946) was a Fellow of New College (1881-1946), and a classical scholar.
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, nos. 47390-1.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Given to the Library by P.E. Matheson in 1930.
- Title
- Notebook of Sir Henry Savile, with a Description by P.E. Matheson
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Collection Level Descriptiom by Susan Thomas; EAD version 2019 by Pauline Soum-Paris
- Date
- EAD version 2019
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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