A HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF THE lEttroptait an& Slstattc Jtflattugaipts: IN THE LIBRAR Y OF THE LATE DR. ADAM CLARKE, F.S.A., M.R.I.A., &C., &C., &C., ILLUSTRATED BY FACSIMILES OF CURIOUS ILLUMINATIONS, DRAWINGS, &c. BY J. B. B. CLARKE, TRIN. COLL. CAMB. Video possessors Codicum, nescio quo amore antiquitatis abreptos, plerum- que majorem, quiim veritas liquido postulabat, aetatem illis assignare, quod Bi/3\ioKa7r»)\o!£ pulchrius, quiim eruditae mercis aestimatoribus, convenit. Wetsten. Prolog, ad Nov. Test, cap. I. LONDON: JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET. MDCC'CXXXV. P REFACE. With the exception of a very few Volumes, the whole of the Manuscripts, of which a Historical Catalogue is now given to the Public, was collected by my Father, Dr. Adam Clarke, during occupations of unceasing and absorbing mental labor peculiarly un- favourable to such an object — but a Wise Man’s eyes wander into every part, and a watchful, and de- termined, and skilful Collector can overcome all obstacles, and is capable of realizing almost incredi- ble results. It will be seen that no attempt had been made by my Father to form a Collection with reference to particular portions of Literature or Science ; hence, no Classification of the MSS. has been made, far- ther than dividing them into European and Oriental, the subjects being so miscellaneous that subdivisions, according to the contents of each Manuscript, would have been inconveniently and uselessly numerous. In the European Department, the MSS. connected with the History and Heraldry of England, and of the Low Countries, &c., are particularly interesting b VI PREFACE. and curious, as consisting of Statutes, Charters, &c., and as throwing considerable light upon various historical incidents connected with this and other Countries. The Missals, Breviaries, Heures, &c., are many of them most beautiful specimens of Caligraphy and tasteful Illumination ; proving that our Ancestors at least, however mistaken they might sometimes have been in their Piety, did not strive to serve their God with that which cost them nought. The Copies of the Vulgate are numerous ; and the various Readings are of the more consequence be- cause contained in MSS., upon the composition of which such evident care and industry have been la- vished. Several of the Irish MSS. (all of which I have placed consecutively in the Catalogue,) are of great age ; and, like most Irish Manuscripts, have suffered more from carelessness and neglect than from Time. Their chief curiosity results from the insight they give into the early Literature of that People. The Icelandic MSS. are a most singular, and therefore invaluable, (some of them unique,) Collec- tion of the Songs, Legends, Tales, History, and Re- ligion of the North of Europe, abounding in wild PREFACE. VII poetic imagery, and deep natural feeling, and are the Sources whence much of the spirit of our own ster- ling popular Literature has indirectly flowed. With two or three exceptions, the remainder ol these very miscellaneous Manuscripts have their pecu- liar value, arising from their subject, age, execution, ornament, or some circumstance connected with their history. The Number of European MSS. is two hundred and eighty one. It is difficult to conceive anything more splendid than very many of the Arabic and Persian MSS., the labor of a life appearing in some instances ina- dequate to produce such results. This excellence chiefly arises from so few of them being very modern; since the rule is pretty general, that, the older is the MS. the clearer and more beautiful is the Writing, and the Ornaments more elegant and elaborate. This rule holds good as well wit! i European as Asiatic MSS. But, in addition to the purity of the Writing, another very great advantage springs from their age, and that is, the much greater Correctness of the Text, as not only being written nearer to the Author s own time before numerous transcripts had multiplied mis- takes; but, as being executed when only learned Natives were the purchasers, and not imperfectly VIII PREFACE. skilled Europeans by whom incorrectness would be less readily discovered : and, what will render well- executed MSS. exceedingdy scarce, before the Press had at all injured the race of scientific and able Scribes, whose office must be ultimately destroyed by the cheapness and facility of Printing. The oldest of the Asiatic MSS. are No. 138, which was written A.D. 1024 ; No. 222, which was written A.D. 1490; and No. 1, which probably was written before either of these : but the far greater portion bears the dates of the 16th and 17th Centuries, few be- ing written in the 18th, and hardly any of them so late as the present Century. This is a characteristic well worthy of attention, because it designates such MSS. as the source whence correct Texts might be formed, and thus such Authors as Khosroo, Saeeb, Hafiz, Anvery, Khakany, Oorfy, Jelal uddeen, Sady, might pour forth the music of their matchless verse without the jarring discords created by ignorant Copyists. The whole of the Karans are beautifully written, and some are superb. Indeed there is scarcely one of the MSS. in this Collection which is an instance of careless Penmanship ; most of them have evidently been the work of skilful and well-taught Scribes, and some of them are the highest efforts of the Reed. Their Condition, both internal and external, could PREFACE. IX not well be exceeded. Where, in some instances, the Worm, or Damp, or too heavy a hand in ruling, has in any measure damaged a volume, it has been most carefully and neatly repaired, paper of the same sort being used to mend it, and stained to the color of the original : the toil which this lias sometimes occasioned O few can conceive, the patience and care requisite for the task still fewer would be capable of exerting ; but the reparation has been complete ; and some, which were in a state of absolute decay, have been raised from their ruins and are now singularly fine specimens of valuable works. — It is a remarkable fact that, the damage peculiarly incident to oriental MSS. very rarely extends to the Writing ; hence, care will fre- quently restore a Manuscript from an apparently hope- less state, to integrity, and almost pristine beauty. I have a most valuable Persian Manuscript which has been pierced through in millions of places by the Worm, and unless it be held up to the light the damage would not be perceived : in scarcely any in- stance has the animal passed through a single letter, something in the Ink in all probability having turned aside its attacks from the Writing. Not only in the original purchase of these MSS., was amazing expense incurred, but in the expensive and splendid style in which a great proportion of them is bound, so that they form a truly magnificent Collection. X PREFACE. The Hebrew and Syriac MSS. are of more than ordinary authority. No. 1, I conceive to be of the very first importance. The Paintings are curious, as giving an insight into the manners, customs, and scenery of a remark- able People and a strange Land : this is particularly the case with the Chinese Paintings, which possess a brilliancy of coloring and a skill of execution which has hardly been supposed to belong to Chinese Draw- ing, a considerable knowledge of Perspective being evinced by the views of their Temples, &c. The Singalese, Pali, and Sanscreet MSS. are not among the least curious, as some of the works are rare, if not unique, in Europe ; and others of them throw much light upon the Buddhoo religion and its usages. I see with regret some few errata, chiefly among the connected and unconnected letters in the Persian titles. It would have been easy to have encreased the size of this volume, by using the labors of others in my descriptions ; but it was no part of my design to re- print what was already before the public in the works of various English and Foreign Scholars ; hence, it will rarely be found that I have mentioned anything PREFACE. XI beyond what was necessary, or new, or strictly de- scriptive of the Manuscript which is the subject of remark. Perhaps it may be felt that a more accurate examination might have brought to light many more curious and important particulars : this is very pro- bable : but the examination which has enabled me to do what I have so far performed was prosecuted at no small expense of early and late hours, the arduous duties of a very populous and extensive Parish occu- pying the whole period of day-light : I have done what my time and my circumstances could allow, and have reaped much pleasure from my unregretted toil. I have frequently thought that such an unknown Individual as myself was not the one most fitted to be the Possessor of such a Collection : it would be a most noble addition to even the best and most exten- sive MS. Library in any Country, whether Public or Private : and it is possible that the following three united circumstances may shortly separate them and their present owner,- — a want of Time to use them, an inability to encrease them, and my being apparently born only to occupy heavy Curacies. J. B. B. CLARKE. Frome, Dec. 14, 1834. A CATALOGUE OF EUROPEAN MANUSCRIPTS. I. AUGUSTINUS, contra Julianum libri sex; de Natura et Gratia ; ad Eustochium & Paulinum ; de Perfec. Just. Horn.; de Mendacio; Questionum libri tres; Retract, in lib. Academ.; de Adulterinis Conjugiis ; Epist. ad Deogratias ; de Bona Morte ; contra Donatistas ; de Peccat. contr. Spirit. Sanct. ; Epist. ad quendam Comitem; ad Dulcitium; contr. illos qui alienas res rapiunt &c. ; de Expositione Alphabet. This is a beautifully written MS. on fine clear vellum: the initial letters of chapters, &c. are written and ornamented with red and blue ink, especially those of Books and Treatises, which are elaborately adorned. One third of the volume in the middle is written in a larger and bolder hand, but apparently by the same scribe. A very few curious readings are inserted, and also a few corrections made, by passing a red line through the eiro- neous word. At the bottom of every 24th page are the initial words of the 25th, excepting the centre portion of the MS. At the end of the book against Julian are the following words: - B 4 EUROPEAN MANUSCRIPTS. “ Aurelii Augustini, egregii doctoris, liber sextus contra Julianum hereticum explicit: quern scripsit Frater Johes dictus Toussens monachus de Camberone : de Caniberone oriundus Saneti Vin- centii. ’ Folio, half bound, calf, pp. 632. II. AUGUSTINI Homiliee x, supr. prim, epist. Johan. ; de Disciplina Christiana; Retractatio in lib. Confess, lib. xm; de Natura Boni; de Utilitate Credendi ; de Gratia Nov. Test. Clearly written on good vellum ; the general character is the same as the preceding, but inferior writing. Folio, half bound, calf, pp. 261. III. AUGUST INI Epistolte cxxiv, una cum Hiero- nymi Epist. v. ad August.; de Consensu Evange- listarum, lib. iv. Boldly and well written on large clear vellum. In the 12th Epistle, the scribe had to copy the words Kaipovs kcu x povovs , but being ignorant of the Greek letters, in attempting to copy them he does it most awkardly, and writes what he supposed to be the corresponding Roman letters over the Greek, omitting those he could not thus interpret ! In the 52 Epistle he does not attempt again to write the Greek characters, but expresses the ceijacs and Trpoaevxy in Roman letters. Folio, half bound, calf, pp. 470. IV. AUGUSTINI Epistolse cm; contra Crispia- num schismaticum ; contr. Faustum Manichteum, libri n, xxxii Disputat.; sup. Domin.Orat.; Arrii EUROPEAN MANUSCRIPTS. disputatio execranda; Rescript. August, coutr. dog- ma Arrii, lib. n; de Fide Nicei Concilii ; de Pas- toribus ; de Ovibus ; Epist. ad Romanos inchoat. Expositio; Quomodo agendum sit cum Manicbaeis. Equally well written on Vellum with any of the preceding. There, is a table of Contents at the beginning of the MS., and another, a poetical one, at the end. The Treatise against Faustus is illustrated with many Notes written in the same hand and size as the Text. Folio, half bound, calf, pp. 540. V. AUGUSTINI duo libri Retractationum ; Epist. iv Quodvultdei k August.; de Hersesibus ; de Pec- cator. meritis & remissione, & de Baptismo Par- vulor. ad Marcell. lib. hi ; de uuico Baptismo ; de Spiritu & Littera ; de Gratia & Libero Arbi- trio ; de Gratia & Correptione ; Sermones hi Au- gust.; de decern Plagis ; de Avaritia ; de decern cordis ; de Liber. Voluntatis Arbitrio, lib. m ; de Anima & Spiritu; de Baptismo contr. Donatist. lib. vn ; contr. Cresconium, lib. iv; de Duabus Animabus. Beautifully written on fine vellum, with ornamented capitals . in the first work there are a few notes, and in the Treatise de Hereesibus there are many from various Fathers and others, written in an exceedingly neat character by the same hand as the Text. Folio, half bound, calf, pp. 510. VI. AUGUSTINI de Civitate Dei lib. xm. prior. A fine MS., vellum. Folio, half bound, calf, pp. 282. 6 EUROPEAN MANUSCRIPTS. VII. BOECII dc Consolatione Philosophise, lib. v; AUGUSTINUS contra Maximinum; Respon- sio Maximini ; Augus. contr. Pascentium ; contr. Felicianum. Vellum, well written and curious. Boetius is written in a larger hand than Augustine, and the poetic parts of it are in a very large character. Folio, half bound, calf, pp. 470. VIII. AUGUSTINUS de Libero Arbit. & unde Malum, lib. hi ; de Vera Religione. A plain clearly written MS. on vellum. At the conclusion of the Contents is the following Inscription : — “ Quos libros scripsi Paulus Veronensis, & dedicati sunt ad lectiones suorum Domini nostri J. C. in Monasterio Caritatis de Venetiis.” And at the end are these words : — “ Liber iste Monasterii Sanctm Mariae de Caritate diocesis Venetiar.” Prefixed to the volume is a single leaf, giving an account of the Life and Works of Paul of Verona, Prior of this Monastery. Quarto, bound in red basil, pp. 96. IX. VINCENTII Speculum Naturale, lib. xxv; 2 Vols. Folio. Vol. I. pp. 492. Vol. II. pp. 524. X. VICENTII Speculum Historiale; 2 Vols, origi- nally there were 4 vols; vol. I. contains lib. ix — xvi, and vol. II. contains lib. xxv — xxxn. Folio, half bound, calf. Vol. I. pp. 500. Vol. II. pp. 570. These four large volumes, beautifully written on strong vellum, were compiled by Vincent of Beauvais, a Burgundian residing EUROPEAN MANUSCRIPTS. 7 at Beauvais, of the order of Preaching Friars, a person of great reading and industry, and who was much esteemed by St. Louis, King of France. The work contains a selection of the things which he thought the most useful under the above heads, taken from writers both sacred and profane. The scribe signs his name Johannes de Resbais, and piously recommends himself to the prayers of his Brethren. “ Explicit liber Sanctro Mari® de Cam- berone quartee partis Speculi Hystorialis : Johannes de Resbais scripsit; orate pro eo, Karissimi fratres, viri Dei.” Immediately under this is this Colophon written by a worse and a later hand, “ Anno milleno, quater l, quater x, quoque Quarto, Libros complevit Vincentius, atque quievit.” XI. PAPI2E Glossarium, in duas partes divisurn, & Grammatica. Folio, half bound, calf, pp. 644. A large, beautiful, and correctly written MS., on vellum. The Author flourished about A.D. 1053. The first Edition of this work was published at Milan, 1476. At the conclusion of the Glossary is the following Colophon : — “ Explicit iste Liber, capiat sua Jura Magister.” And at the end of the Grammar, the following:— “ Hie liber est scriptus ; qui scripsit sit benedictus ; “ Merces Scriptoris, sit semper laus Creatoris.” XII. HUGONIS PARISIENSIS opera omnia. A well and clearly written Work, on vellum. The Author was Abbot of St. Victor’s, near Paris, and from his eminent piety was called the Second Augustine : he wrote Commentaries on Scripture, especially Ecclesiastes and Psalms, and treatises on various portions and facts ot Scripture, literal, chiefly allegorical, 8 EUROPEAN MANUSCRIPTS. and critical, evincing much skill, reading, and imagination : Tracts upon the method of reading and studying Scripture, upon moral, spiritual, metaphysical and physical subjects, in which a great portion of the controversial divinity of the times is embodied : and several very short Stn**. He died in 1142, Folio, half bound calf, pp. 550. XIII. SANCTI GREGOR1I, PAP M, Epistol® dccxv ; CHRYSOSTOMUS de Sacerdotio, lib vi ; Tractates DE MUSICA, cap. i, de Musica & nomine ejus; cap. n, de Inventoribus cjus ; cap. m, de ti'ibus partibus Music®; cap. iv, de triform! Musicse dmsione; cap. v, de prima divisione 1 lusicse quae Armomca dicitur; cap. vi, de secunda dmsione Musicse quae Organica dicitur; cap. vn, de tertia qua; Rithmica nuncupatur; cap. vm de jNumeris Musicis. A finely written MS. in beautiful preservation, vellum. At the conclusion of the Contents of Gregory’s Epistles, are the following jessing and curse Liber beat* Mariae de Camberone (in Hanovya, see at the beginning) scriptori & servanti benedictio auferenti autem maledictio ; Amen.” The Epistles are concluded wah the same Colophon as No. I. Folio, half bound, calf, pp XD . Index Latinus (?) ; SANCTUS BERNARDUS de XII. gradibus Humilitatis; de Diligendo Deo; de Gratia; Sermones divers.; & sup. Cantica ;’ berm, de tempore & Sanctis; Epistoke, &c. &c. Fine MS. vellum. 1 know not what the first Article is; it EUROPEAN MANUSC RIPTS. 9 occupies 1 12 pages. Bernard was the last of the Fathers of the Church; he died at Clairvaux 1153. Folio, halt bound, call, pp. 576. XV. EXPOSITIO REGULAR. S. BENEDICTI. This MS. clearly written on good vellum, was copied by the order of Peter Abbot of Clairvaux, lor Cardinal John de Tur- recremata, in the year 1485. The first and fourth pages aie highly illuminated round their margins, with a beautiful minia- ture in each. In the first page is the Virgin crowned, with the infant Jesus in her arms, both with glory round their heads, and an attendant with a yellow wand standing before them : the room in which they are standing, has an ornamented gieen floor, and the lower part of the walls is covered with crim- son and gold tapestry. See Plate I. At the bottom of the page are the arms of the Monastery of Camberone, a red shield, a tree growing out of the water, and the stem of the tree is ascended on each side by three Perch. The Miniature of the fourth page is St. Benedict, with a crosier in his hand and a glory round his head, sitting under a canopy, and blessing a kneeling Disciple. Folio, half bound, calf, pp. 356. XVI. AMBROSII Epistolse lxxxii; de Officiis, lib. iii; de Trinitate, lib. hi; Exameron; ad Sororem suam de Virginitate; de Viduis; Liber Pastoralis. A fine MS. on vellum. Folio, half bound, calf, pp. 376. XVII. PETRI Parisiensis Libri hi & iv Senten- tiarum. Neatly written on vellum. Peter of Lombardy, Master of the EUROPEAN MANUSCRIPTS. Sentences, Bishop of Paris died in the year 1164. His work of Sentences is a compilation from Hilary, Ambrose, Jerome, and Augustine, &c. Folio, half bound, calf, p. 242. All the preceding Works once belonged to the Monastery of S. Mary de Camberone, in Hanovya, I suppose Hanau, in Ger- many, and are in fine preservation. XVIII. JOHAN. BRANDO. Chronodromon, sive Cursus Temporum ; 3 vols. imperial Folio. This Work is a continuous and well connected chain of History, bringing down the whole account of the known world from the Creation to the beginning of the 15th century, forming not only a chronological succession of events, but also of Authors and their Works, both profane and sacred, ecclesiastical and civil, through the long lapse of 5835 years. The History has never been published. Of the Writer and his Work I am enabled to give a satisfactory account from an entry in the first page of the 1st vol. of this spendid MS. “ Johannes Brando, Natione Flandr. ex page Hontenessa, territorii Hulstensis, Religiosus Monasterii nostri de Dunis, S. T. Doctor Parisiensis, scripsit Chronicon cele- berrimum ab origine mundi ad an. 1414, quod ipse inscripsit Ciironodromon id est Cursus Temporum. Jacobus Meyerus in concinnandis Flandriae annalibus fatetur se hoc libro non parum adjectum. Reperitur adliuc MS. in monte Blandinio Gandavi, in S. Bertino Audomari Aldenburgi, in Flandria, (csenobiis ordinis S. Benedicti) & Lovanii in collegio Atrebatensi; t.ribus tomis in Pergameno : opus visu & lectu dignissimum. Obiit Brugis in Dunensi refugio, an. 1428, die 13 Julii. Porro Chronodromon, Lovanii extantem, vidi an. 1651 : est opus nitidis- sim& exaratum, in magno folio in Pergameno. Primi Tomi initium EUROPEAN MANUSCRIPTS. 11 est, Quemadmodum ex veteris noveque sacre pagine fonts , $c. Tomus secundus sic incipit , Jam vetustatis liorrida squalescens in umbra, §c. Tomus Tertius sic, Moris est imbecillium, fyc. Ita habet R. D. Carolus de Visch in sua bibliotheca Script. S. ord. Cisterciensis ; p. 179, edit. Col. an. 1656. From this description the copy in question is evidently the iden- tical copy examined at Louvain by Visch. It is splendidly bound in pale red Russia, by one of the first workmen of these days, and is the finest MS. that I have ever seen either in private or public Libraries. The writing is a beautiful Gothic, and is peifect in its kind ; and all the Dates, rEras, &c. are beautifully distin- guished by a very bright red and blue. The First volume, composed of smaller skins of vellum than the others, stands 18 inches high and is 13 broad. The second and third volumes stand 21 inches high and are 14 broad. Whether the Vellum, which is white, beautiful, and even ; the Writing, in which neither the hand of the writer nor the pen ever seems to fall off or change ; — or the Correctness, which appears to be without error; — or the Binding — be considered, the MS. is of unequalled splendour ; and only two other copies are known to exist. The first page of each volume is highly ornamented with fine broad Borders and elegantly finished Miniatures, viz. In the first Volume there is a fine Portrait of the Author Brando, in his monk’s dress, sitting at the desk of his convent- library, writing. At the bottom ol the leaf, a Bishop is repre- sented baptising three persons in one vessel, a Deacon in his surplice kneeling by : over the heads of the persons baptised is suspended a small blue shield charged with three fleurs-de-lys, probably the Arms of the Convent, as they appear in each volume. The place of baptism is a kind of Court or Cloister, before a castellated House, supported on Pillars, through which there is a view of a well cultivated and hilly country. The C 12 EUROPEAN MANUSCRIPTS. Borders of this page are filled with Birds, Flowers, and Ara- besques, most correctly and tastefully executed and highly illu- minated. Pages 540. In the second Volume, the Author Brando is again introduced, mending his pen. His chair, writing-desk, &c. are very charac- teristic and curious. There is a label near him on which are written the words equo animo, probably the motto of the Arms before described, and which appear here again. The Miniature is 4i inches wide by 4f long. The Borders or Margins are full of Flowers, elegantly formed Arabesques, and Insects, highly finished. On the Verso of this leaf there is a well-executed Miniature, repre- senting the Nativity. The figures of Joseph, Mary, three Shep- herds, three Angels adoring with out-spread wings, Jerusalem in the distance, the Ass and the Ox in the stable, the new-born Babe lying on a pallet, the Glory shining through the broken tiling of the Shed, — are all well arranged and very expressive. The broad Border charged with Flowers and Arabesques, in colors and gold, as before. Pages 480. In the third Volume there is another Miniature of Brando, apparently when old ; with a care-worn cheek, in the act of mending lus pen. The Door of his Cell is open and gives a view into the Cloisters of his Convent. Halt way down on the same page, there is a whole length of the Emperor Charlemagne, in a room of his Palace, dressed in his imperial purple robes over a full suit of Armour, an. regni, 30, and drawn Sword in his right hand, and a Globe surmounted by a Cross in his left. The Border round the page is charged with well-finished Flowers, and elegantly involved Arabesques, with the Arms of the Monastery, and an empty label. Pages 440. At the end of the first volume are these words in rubric : — Lclus Christo detur, Qui Jinis hvjus habetur. EUROPEAN MANUSCRIPTS. 13 At the end of the second volume is the following, also in rubric : — Explicit hie Liber ; Scriptor sit crimine liber ; Laus Christo detur, Qui finis hujus habetur. The third volume ends abruptly, with the transactions of A.D. 1414, as if the writer had intended to proceed. John Brando died at Bruges, July 13, 1428. XIX. A curious Collection of HISTORICAL PAPERS, viz. 1. Negotiatio facta Bloesii nomine Imperii an. 1560: pro restitution Metensis, Tulensis, & Verdunensis civitatum ; per Legatos, electum Tridentinum & comitem de Stollemberg, pp. 6. 2. A Statistical History of Ireland, divided under the heads of its Counties, enumerating the Towns, the “ Men of name, Boundaries, Havens, Bays, Rivers, and an estimate of who “ are faithful to her Majesty" and who are opposed, with the reason of it. 3. The Exchange between Merchants, and the value of diverse Coins .— This is a political and philosophical Dissertation upon Currency, and every question connected with it. 4. “ Certen notes to be adiected to the former descriptions of Irelande (No. 2) and the severale partes of the same.” 5. “ To encrease the Staple kepte in England : dedicated to Queen Elizabeth. Plans and Rules for the encrease of Commerce, Imports and Exports, local disadvantages to be remedied, &c. &c. 14 El HOPEAN MANUSCRIPTS. Tlie name of the Author of this tract is to be found in p. 38. “ Obiections made by a wyse worship 1 ' man and answered by me John Johnsonne.” 6. The Plott of establishing a free marte at Ipsewich deuised by John Johnson, stapler, and Christopher Godwin, merchaunt Adventurer.” 7 ' I ta l' a " Letter of Guicciardini, concerning the Trade of Ham borough. 8. “A brief Discourse of the Negotiacion of Thomas Ran- dolffe Esquier, with the Kynge (James VI.) and Counsell of Scotlaund, beinge sent thether by her Maty* the last January 1580. Sir T. Randolfe was a pupil of the celebrated G. Bucha- nan, and was sent on no less than eighteen embassies to different parts of the world : he did much service to the English government, sowing dissentions in the Scottish court ! He died June 8, 1590. ' 9. The Order of Monseigneur s Funeral. “ Monseigneur departed this lyf the xth of June abowte one of the clocke after dinner at Ins Castell of Chasteau-liury, 1584.”— After describing where and how long the body rested, it proceeds with the order of the Funeral; “the Kynge (Henry III of France) mounted uppon a horse of Spayne, mourninge in a gowne of surge violet with a square capp of the same then the Cardinals in violet and the Dukes in black and upon white horses ; “ the Queene (Catheiine de Medicis) in a litter of tawney, her selfe allso in tawney ; her gowne, pintell and attyre of her head, with a longe and large vaile of — (?) which covered her whole body be- hynde &c. &c. 10. AV hether it may staunde with good pollicie for her MagHe to joyne with the Frenshe Kynge in his enterprise of Fflanders.” EUROPEAN MANUSCRIPTS. 15 11. “A consideration had of the Queene’s Mag tie estate at this present.” Chiefly concerning her marriage, Romanism in England, and foreign relations. 12. “ A brief discourse against succession knowen, dis- coveringe a most assured meane for your Maiestie’s sauetie, & to cutt of all searchinge for any other heyre or successor duringe your Maiestie’s lyfe, & yet fullie to content all such faithfull subiects as desier the sauetie of the Realrne wined with the securitie of your Royall parsonne.” — A very curious Paper. 13. “ Concerning musters and trayninge of Soldiers:” lay- ing down regulations for the Army ; an Account of the Duke of Tuscany’s troops, revenues, &c. ; necessary Officers ; “ howe many shotte a Caliure may deliver with one pound of powder, allowing the whole weight, the three quarters weight, & the halt weight , & what quantitie of powder will serve the trayning of 1000 shotte for a day & “ such meanes as are considered to be fittest to put the forces of the Realme in order to withstand any invacion, by Mr. Treasorer, Sir Francis Knollis, Sir Walter Raleigh, Sir John Norris, Sir Richard Greenefield, Sir Richard Bingham, Sii Roger Williams, Knights, Ralfe Lane Esqre. 27 Nov. 1584.” All the Papers in this Collection are exceedingly curious, and some of them of much importance to historical facts. Folio, written on paper, in old stamped calf binding, pp. 186. XX. A splendidly emblazoned GENEALOGY Of the De Cano family in the Low Countries, from A.D. 1600 to A.D. 1730, regularly drawn out, signed and sealed by Joseph vanden Leene, Toison d’Or, King at Arms, and the other Heralds. The Arms are very large, on Folio vellum, most beautifully exe- cuted, pp. 12, beautifully bound in silk. 16 EUROPEAN MANUSCRIPTS. XXI. ARMORIAL HERALDIQUE, precede des Aimoiries des Lilies & Franchises du Duche de Brabant, des Ecussons des Archeveche, Eveches, Abbayes, Prieures Prevotes, Commanderies & antres Dignites Ecclesiastiques, des Duclies, Prin- cipautes, Marquisats, Comtes, & Vicomtes, des quatre Officiers hereditaires de Brabant. D’nne Carte heraldique des Nobles titres qui se sont trouves a l’Inauguration de Charles II Due de Brabant, le 24 Fevrier 1666, suivie d’une Liste des noms & qualites des dits Nobles titres, dans l’ordre pose en la dite Carte, & des Erections des Pi incipautes, Marquisats, Comtes, Vicomtes, & Baronnies non comprises en la meme Carte. Des Noras des Families descendues des Sept Families de Louvain, avec la description de leurs Armoiries. Des Listes des titres de Noblesse Chevalerie & antres marques d’honneur accordees jiar les Souve- rams des Pays-bas depuis Fannee 1659 jusqu’ a la fin de ] 782 & annees suivantes, avec une liste des Yilles, Bourgs, Villages du Duche de Brabant & des Seigneurs qui les possedaient a l’epoque du l r Janvier 1783, & un Recueil Chronologique de tons les Placcards, Edits & Ordonnances qui se trouvent dans la Collection complette des Placcards El' ROPE AN M AN ! 'SC RT PTS . 17 de Brabant k de Flandres, ainsi que dans le Livre entitule Jurispruden t in Hcroica de Christyn, comme ausi de ceux emanes depuis 1768 jusqu’ au l r Janvier 1783 concernant les Titres & mar- ques d’honneur ou de Noblesse port d’armes Ar- moiries k autres distinctions. Opera Caroli Francisci de Paula Charlier filii D. Joannis Baptae. Supmi. Sen. Brab. Consiliarn k M arise Anna; Cosyn.” This is the largest Assemblage of Coats and Bearings in full , or indicated full, Blazon that has ever fallen under my notice ; they amount to some thousands, and all most elegantly drawn in Pen and Ink. The writing is very neat, the Indices extensive, and the execution of the work is most elaborate and appa- rently correct. Folio, pp. 250, beautifully bound in silk. XXII. THE HOLY BIBLE, 2 Vols. large Folio. Beautifully written on strong vellum ; the Commencement ol each Book has a large illuminated Border, in colors ot blue, white, red and gold ; the Capitals are all illuminated with gold and fine colors. The running Titles of Books are in Rubric, and their Titles also in the body of the Work, shewing where they begin and where they end. Each Page is divided into two Columns, each Column containing 46 lines. Length of the Page 17J inches, breadth 12.— -Vol. I. contains 448 pages, and Vol. II. 352. — The first volume begins with Proverbs and ends with 2nd Maccabees, including the whole of the Old Testa- ment from Proverbs to Malachi and the Apocryphal Books.— Vol. II. comprehends the whole of the New Testament, and ends EU ROPE AN MAN U SCRIPTS . 18 with “ the Halcnilere to kitobte alle the ©ospda antJ ^istlis foe the n r tr, hthatt fhet bru vablJe, after Salrshurrr use *” including many directions and explanations. The writing of this latter part is exquisitely beautiful ; the first sentence is in Latin, rubric : the next in English, black, and so on. The following Account was drawn up by my Father. This Bible was once the property of Thomas cl Woodstock , youngest son of Edward III, King of England, brother to the Black Prince, and John of Gaunt. Thomas a Woodstock was born A.D. 1335, and was privately murdered at Calais, Sep. 8, 1397, in the 42nd year of his age, by Thomas Mowbray, Earl Marshal of England, at the instance of Richard II, his nephew. His Arms appear on the shield at the top of the first page, a shield divided in the same way as that on his Monument in Henry Vllth’s chapel, M estminster. The manner of his death is differently related : the common report is that, he was smothered between tivo feather- beds. Camden’s relation is, “ Thomas de Woodstocke, Dux Gloustrise, films sextus Edwardi III, vir summa nobilitate & authoritate, quern Rex Ricardus II, ejus ex fratre nepos, im~ provish, vi & armis, cepit & Caletum misit, ubi, indicta causa, capite truncatus erat, 1397.” — The Arms are complete evidence that this invaluable Copy was once this Prince’s property before 1397 ; and if the translation be that of Wiclif, which was done about 1378 or 1380, about 20 years before Thomas a Woodstock’s death, it is very probable that this book was presented by Wiclif to the Duke, or that it was written & illuminated by the Duke’s command for himself. This MS. was once in the possession of the famous Dr. J. Hunter ; afterwards in that of Dr. Fell, principal of the Dis- senter’s Seminary at Hackney or Homerton, on whose death in 1795 it was sold by auction with the other books of that Divine, stated on the printed Catalogue to be, a Bible in black letter EUROPEAN MANUSCRIPTS. 19 folio , and was purchased by me, my only opponent being a Goldbeater who bid for it for the purposes of his trade. In turning over the leaves I found much vegetable matter, such as hay, &c. pieces of grit and mortar, &c. which seemed to indicate that it had been hidden in old walls, or ceilings, Barns or Hay- ricks, and even perhaps under ground, as many of the ends of the leaves in the first volume were in a state of decomposition from dirt and damp. This was done most probably in that time when the Popish Government in this Country had proscribed the Sacred Volume, and the Council of Constance in 1415 had “ condemned the Translator as a Heretic, and his books as con- taining pestilent heresies, and ordered his bones to be digged up and thrown upon a dunghill;” which decree was fulfilled by Pope Martin V, who commanded Fleming, Bishop of Lincoln, to execute the decree of the Council ; Fleming did more, “ he disinterred the bones in 1428, then burnt them, and threw the ashes into a small stream called the Swift, which runs by Lut- terworth.” We need not wonder to find a Copy of Wiclif's translation in any part of the Family of Edward III, as he himself highly favored the Reformer, and employed him in matters of the first importance to the Royal Prerogative, and to the welfare of the kingdom : John of Gaunt was his constant friend and shielded him” from all his enemies, a part which the ancient historian Knyghton thus notices “ semper ei (Wiclevo) & suis m omnibus suis necessitatibus invincibili preesidio afficit ; in like manner did Joan, the Dowager Princess of Wales; Anne of Bohemia, Queen to Richard II; and so most probably did Thomas ct Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester, the first owner of this Book. It is remarkable that the beginning and end of all the Epistles D 20 EUROPEAN MANUSCRIPTS. and Gospels for Sundays and Festivals throughout the year, are particularly marked and described in rubric as they occur in this Bible. This I have not observed in any other copy. Instead of Marginal Readings, there is often an explanation of a word or phrase given, and a line drawn under it, to point out what the word in the Text means. Such are certainly some of the earliest Notes on the Bible. As the Pages on which a Book commences are always highly illuminated, there have been made some depredations on them ; the following leaves are cut out, 1, leaf containing from 1 John v. 9. to Jude 4. — 2, another leaf containing from 1 Cor. 1. to cap. iii. v. 9. — 3, a third leaf containing the Epistle to Titus, the two last verses excepted. In these three places three stout leaves of fine vellum, ruled to the pattern are in- serted. — In the first place the text of the three witnesses has just escaped from the execrable hands of the mutilators : — “ "and tljc Spirit is Ijc tfiat toitncssitl), for ffirist is treutljc ; (or tljrtc tint tfjat gcbrn toitntsstng in Ijcben, tlje jfaDir, tfje Wooi'd, or tf)e Sonc, and the lioolu ffioost, Sic these three den oon. and three hen that geben loitncssing in JErtije, the Spirit, Water & 13IooB, Sc these three Ben oon. ffiif toe rcscenbe tnitnessingc.” These are the last words on the page before the abstracted leaf. On the whole of the Evidence it would appear that this is the most important copy of this Translation now extant, as it can be traced up nearly, if not quite, to the time of the Translator, and belonged to that Family from which he received his counte- nance and support ; and without which, he and his followers humanly speaking, must have been annihilated. The language also is older than that in most of the copies which pass under the name of Wiclif. EUROPEAN MANUSCRIPTS. 21 XXIII. A LATIN DICTIONARY. A large thin square Folio, containing the words of a Latin Dictionary, written in a very neat modern hand, intended to have been Latin, (deriving the words and telling how often they occurred,) English, French, Italian, and Spanish . — Very little of the design is fulfilled. XXIV. BIBLIA SACRA Vulgatse Versionis. This is a good MS. of the 12th century, on a good vellum, with little ornament. This MS. and the others hereafter to be described, prove the corruptions, interpolations and omissions in the Bibles put forth by the Authorities of the Romish Church, especially those last ones issued by, and accompanied with the bull of, Pope Sixtus V, in A.D. 1589, declared as the standard text of the Vulgate, and as authorized by the Council of Trent; and that published by Pope Clement VIII, in A.D. 1592, as a correction of Pope Sixtus’ edition which was de- clared to be inaccurate, and therefore to be suppressed ! It is defective from Job. c. 33. v. 15, to the end of the Psalms, and from I Maccab. c. 11. v. 35, the whole of II. Maccab, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts, and James ; all of which has been supplied from another MS. remarkably similar to the present one. At the conclusion is a fragment of I Maccab. c. 3. to cap. 5, and two leaves of the 14th cap. of St. John. Folio, bound in Russia, pp. 584. XXV. BIBLIA SACRA Vulgate Ver sionis. This MS. is singularly beautiful and exquisitely written upon the finest vellum : the initial letters of chapters, &c. are highly ornamented with red and blue penmanship, and the beginnings 22 EUROPEAN MANUSCRIPTS. of Books are splendidly illuminated in gold and colours. It for- merly belonged “ Bibliotheca Monasterii Montis Sancti Eligii,” of which one George Bellot appears to have been at some time the Abbot, and who gave this book to J. Mailliet in the year (unfortunately partly erased in the old entry at the end of of this MS. from which this account is taken) the 6th of June. There are one hundred illuminated pages in this volume, con- taining, besides flowered Capitals, one hundred and six small miniatures. Saec. xiv. Folio, written on the finest and most delicate vellum, bound in crimson velvet, pp. 800. The accompanying plate is a specimen of the way in which each Book begins : the subjects are, David playing before Saul, j and cutting off the head of Goliah. The whole is painted in brilliant colors, and all that in the wood-cut is left white, is in the original thickly raised burnished gold. See Plate II. XXVI. CONSTITUTIONES JUSTINIANI Im- peratoris. It commences thus in Rubric ; “ in nomine Domini nostri Jesu Christi, Constitutio Domini prima Justioni sacratissimi Principis, Johanni Prefecto Pretorio Secundo de Heredibus Falcidia, Rubrica.” Immediately under this Rubric is a well executed Miniature, in which the Emperor is represented sitting in his chair of state, several of his Courtiers standing before him, who seem all intent upon the introduction of a little boy, on whom each appears to fix his attention, and to place his hopes. They are all dressed in appropriate robes . the heads appear behind the Emperor's and child’s. In addition to the above there is a great number of the most EUROPEAN MANUSCRIPTS. singular and grotesque Arabesques throughout the volume, most of them have human heads, and hold either culinary or military instruments in their hands ; ancient weapons, armour, shields, musical instruments, occur by hundreds, and universally well executed, as may in some measure be guessed from these two facsimiles: see Plate III. The volume concludes thus, “ expli- cnint autentica, Deo gratias refero, omnium Creatori.” Through- out the MS., almost universally, the broad margins of the pages die filled with well-written Commentaries. It is written on vellum, tall Folio, Seec. xm, superbly bound in Russia k l’antique, pp. 258. XXVII. MISSALE ROMANUM. On vellum, a very large Folio, the writing bold, and almost the whole of it set to Music in the old Ecclesiastical or Greo- 0 - nan modes of eight tones. Fully one third of the book is rubric giving directions for Feasts and Fasts, for Singing, Robing’ Bowing, &c. &c. It has been a regular Church-book, as may be gathered from the following rude entry : “ 3fstc Ithrr pminct, 2$crc tfiatt bird t'tt mnntJc, ©Into Hug Churdie, 23otiic (j rut nil & linntre. amen. 3i)er inc Uliomas Hwttnjs,” On various blank portions of leaves are entries by a much later hand, of several deaths, and especially of great numbers of the Hyde family ; the earliest death recorded is of “Johan. Hyde Armig, mcxxxv,” another in the reign of Henry II; a a third, “ Richard. Hyde militis mcclxxviii anno reg. Re’o-is Edward. I, septimo and many others at various periods, the last date being 1523. Another entry is “ an. dom. mcccclxxxhii 24 EUROPEAN MANUSCRIPTS. erat in hac die eclipsis solis.” At the beginning oi the book is also an inset of a slip of vellum on which the following verse is written by an English scribe, probably the one above named, in a singularly cramped hand, “ filatbrl not 31osqih {EhoocjU fflarn be togthe dinltjr, Jbhc hath tmurbglJe a hern math, Enh get she not tJeCgltJ.” There are several leaves of Missals inserted at the conclusion of the volume, and among others four leaves of the famous Bomberg Missal. Folio, Ssec xiv, splendidly bound in Russia, full gilt, with beautiful representations of Cathedral doors, towers, turrets, &c. pp. 716. XXVIII. MISSALE ROMANUM. An almost incomparable MS. for boldness and beauty of writing, on the best vellum, immense Folio, highly illuminated on seven different pages ; in between thirty and forty places the initial letters which are about three inches in length are superbly illuminated, and numbers of them laboriously ornamented with red and blue. For evenness of writing, boldness of stroke, unfailing beauty of execution, this MS. cannot be surpassed. It appears to have lost a leaf or leaves at the end ; perhaps one also at the beginning ; it commences with the Calendar. Bound in old stamped white leather drawn over boards ; pp. 616 . EUROPEAN MANUSCRIPTS. 25 XXIX. Sancti GREGORII MAGNI Comment, in Jobum, vel MORALIA. The following Account of this MS. I copy from an entry made on the last leaf of the book by my Father. “ This MS. contains the Commentaries of Pope Gregory the Great on the book of Job : as they contain many maxims for the government of Life, they are generally termed St. Gregory's Morals. The first ten books are wanting ; they probably made another volume. From the binding it appears that this book formerly belonged to Henry V, King of England. The leather is embossed with various devices. On the right side or board, there is a square Compartment divided into sixteen parts, in each of which, in a Lozenge, there is a Rose. In a square contained within this, there is another square, in the centre of which is the Lancastrian Rose, and in a Scroll round about it the following Legend : ‘ Hec rosa virtutis de celo missa sereno, Eteruum Horens regia sceptra feret.’ The Scroll and Rose are supported by two Angels kneeling : over the head of that on the left, appear the Sun and Stars; and over that on the right, the Moon and Stars are represented : and at the bottom J i.e. h. rex v. On the left hand side or board, in a Square as before, there is another, in which there is a large Shield containing the Arms of England and France quartered, three fleurs-de-lis, and three lions passans guardans. The shield is surmounted with a Royal Crown, and is supported by a Greyhound, more like a wolf, on the right, and a Griffin on the left. Over the head of the Griffin appear the Sun and Stars, and over the head of the Greyhound, or wolf the Moon and Stars. At the bottom of the shield is an IS T) ♦ the initials of Henry V. On each Cover, at the oblong end of the Square which contains the Scroll and Arms, are two Compartments, four on each Cover, in each of which a Pelican is represented, with her young in a Nest, which she is feeding with her own blood. As Henry V. came to the throne in 1413 and died in 1422, this MS. must have been bound within that period, about 400 years ago. Adam Clarke, Jan. 14, 1822.” This is in every respect a beautiful MS., though it has no ornaments in it excepting the Initial letters of the various books; but the care used and maintained throughout in the excellent writing, the boldness and clearness of the characters, and the almost totally unsullied state of its fine vellum, are surprising : no erasure appears to have been allowed, and where it was requi- site to make a correction, a red line is neatly passed through the word or passage; and no illustrating hand has defiled the noble margin with its desecrating notes and Commentaries. Large square Folio, strongly bound in old calf, the original bindiny, but backed lately with Russia, pp. 626. XXX. PETRI PARISIENSIS sive Lombardi, Seu- tentiarum, lib. iv, Vide No. xvii. Though most of the Pages are nearly filled, and to a consi- derable extent disfigured by notes, this is a very fine well written MS. on vellum. There appear to have been two annotators, one of them having written his remarks in but few places, and EUROPEAN MANUSCRIPTS. 27 probably at an earlier period than the other : the one who writes most enters fully into and improves upon the subtilizing spirit of his Master, and subdivides and ramifies and systematizes all questions according to the niceties of the Schools : he generally inserts between the lines of the text the name and plan of every Author or Work quoted by Peter Lombard, a practice which has detracted from the beauty of the MS. though it has added to its value. On the top of the seventh page is the following entry “ istum librum emit Fr. Thomas de Aylesburi de Thoma Colingham ad usum Monasterii Sancti Albani.” This Monastery was sup- pressed at the Reformation ; and about 1530 was given to Sir Richard Lee. At the end of the MS. are some tracts by the chief Annotator, with some very curious spiritual Genealogies drawn out in elegant diagrams. Folio, splendidly bound in pale Russia, extra gilt, pp. 818. XXXI. ETHICQUES DE ARISTOTE, en liures x. A Translation, from the Latin, of Aristotle’s Ethics, undertaken at the command of Charles V. King of France, by Nicholas Oresme, Dean of the Church of Notre Dame in Rouen, and executed in the year 1370 : this is stated in the Author’s Preface where he afterwards thus speaks of his Patron who from his prudence and encouragement of learning, of which the ordering the present Translation is one proof, was surnamed Charles Le Sage : “ le Roy a voulu, pour la bien commun, les (les liures moraulx de aristote) faire translater en francois, aftin que, il et ses conseilliers et autres les puissent rnieulx entendre, meismement E EUROPEAN MANUSCRIPTS. 28 . ethiques et polliticques, desquels, comme dit est, le premier aprent estre bon hornme et lautre estre bon prince : par quoy il appert clerement que nostre bon Roy Charles peult estre dit Charles grant en saigesse.” — This Preface speaks of Aristotle’s Politics as well as of the Ethics, but, the Introduction to the former excepted, this volume contains only the Ethics. The Work proceeds with Text and Gloss by alternate portions throughout the whole. The Work, as to Penmanship, is well executed, and is written on a fine stout Paper. On the first leaf, which is vellum, there is a large Miniature, 7 inches high and wide, representing Aristotle teaching his Categories from his figures ; Alexander the Great standing before him as a Pupil, clad in purple and gold, and having on his imperial crown : a Scribe is sitting behind, writing ; two other Attendants are behind the King ; a Servant attends the chair of the Philosopher ; and one sits behind the Scribe with a book open, probably the original text on which Aristotle may be commenting : a very grave Person sits on the off-side of the Table, and another is looking through a Door into the Room where the rest are assembled. Several Books appear in the Apartment where the company is collected. The dresses are remarkable, the Countenances very expressive, and the Picture altogether is fine though the Perspective is faulty. There are three different water-marks on the paper used in this MS.; one is a kind of roughly executed Gothic 1) ; on other sheets are the royal arms of France, with a Cross sus- pended to the bottom of the Shield ; and on others the water- mark is a heart surmounted by a Crown by the letters 3 % in the same kind of rough Gothic as the i) above. These cir- cumstances, connected with the fact, mentioned in the Preface, of the Work being undertaken at the Command of Charles V., would perhaps tend to shew the following particulars,— -the EUROPEAN MANUSCRIPTS. 29 royal arms and the i) might prove that the Paper on which the MS. is written was made in the reign of the Monarch who commanded the translation ; and the royal Crown and the letters 3* D would show that the Manufacturer had not yet laid aside the water-mark which he had used in the reign of Charles’ immediate Predecessor, John the Good ; and the result would be that this MS. was written in the time, and possibly by the hand, of the translator himself. Folio, bound in embossed old brown calf, pp. 636. XXXII. “ The Creation & Succession of all such EARLES OF PEMBROKE as have been sith- ence the Conquest, until this present year of our Lord Christ, 1588; gathered and collected by me Rich. Tomlins, of Denbighe, as well all the Chro- nicles of other Authors of Antiquities.” This is a superb MS. ; the Arms are emblazoned with high taste and skill. There is inserted at the end an old map of Pembrokeshire. Folio, written on paper, bound in red Morocco, gilt. XXXIII. A Calendar of all the PATENT ROLLS in the Tower. A MS. on thick paper, in four large volumes, most beautifully written, and ruled with red lines. Vol. I. pp. 807, commences with the third year of the reign of King John, April 6, 1199, and extends to Oct. 15, 1326; 26th of Edward II. EUROPEAN MANUSCRIPTS. ...... Vol. II. pp. 932, from the year of Edward III, 1326, to the 51st year of the same, 1377. Vol. III. pp. 683, from the 1st of Richard II, 1378, to the 10th year of Henry V, 1422. Vol. IV. pp. 741, from the 1st year of Henry VI, 1422, to the 23rd of Edward IV, 1483. Folio, bound elegantly in red calf, gilt, 4 vols. pp. 3163. XXXIV. NIES, 1659. Negotiation du TRAITE DES PYRE- A series of Letters carried on during the canvassing and ar- ranging of this Treaty between Cardinal Mazarine and Don Louis Haro ; the letters are written by one engaged deeply in the Negociations, and are addressed to the Queen Regent of France, the King, Le Tellier, Turenne, De Lionne. The first letter is dated July 10, and the last is dated Nov. 12. Folio, written in a bold hand on thick stout paper, bound in calf, pp. 752. XXXV. Journal de la derniere GUERE DE HONGRIE pendant, les Campagnes de 1737, 1738 & 1739 cpte la Paix fret conclue le l er de Septem- bre, entre l’Empereur Charles VI, & le Grand Seigneur, representes par le Comte de Neuperg & le Grand Visir, & par la Mediation de la France representee par M. le Marquis de Villeneuve son Ambassadeur a la Porte. EUROPEAN MANUSCRIPTS. 31 The Author of this military history appears to have been a partaker in the events which he describes, and to have been also well qualified to express opinions on such events : he speaks in an unostentatious style, simply narrating facts, and at the conclusion of each Campaign he passes his judgment upon it in the form of Reflections. Thin Folio, paper, well written, bound in calf, pp. 151. XXXVI. MEM 01 RES DE RUSSIA, seconde Partie. This MS. seems to have been written by the same hand as the one above : the first volume unfortunately is lost. It begins with the Emperor I wan III, and concludes with a Supplement on the general state, resources and exportations of Russia. The last transactions noticed are in 1745. The Work is a valuable pro- duction, for the Author proves himself to be a man well ac- quainted with his subject, ^ind especially at home on Military acts and establishments. A beautiful MS. uniform with the above, pp. 157. XXXVII. ADVERSARIA, 3 Vols. Folio. Three very large, closely, yet very distinctly and well-written, folio volumes, containing extracts from innumerable works on all kinds of subjects : these extracts are arranged under general heads, and the mass of useful information gathered together by one individual upon all points of science and knowledge is asto- nishing. The Titles are Vol. I. “ Adversaria. M e\trrj to i rav. Labor ipse voluptas. 1737. J. F. scripsit.” pp. 562. 32 EUROPEAN MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. II. “ Adversaria. *0 (pwyuw nv\^v a\ tout wv. Rem tibi quam noscis aptam demittere noli, Fronte capillata, POST est Occasio calva, J. F. scripsit, 1742.” pp. 566. I copy the titles as they stand. In these three volumes there is frequent reference made to several 4to vols. which appear to be Adversaria also. Where these 4tos. are I know not. XXXVIII. A Treatise on NAVIGATION and DIALLING. Exquisitely written, and all the Diagrams, Charts, &c. to the amount of several hundreds drawn with the greatest exactitude and neatness; and evidently by a person well skilled in the mechanical part of Drawing : “ finished the 29th of March, 1733, off the Island of Hieres.” Folio, well bound, pp. 231 . XXXIX. Instructions given by the Kings Highnes to his trustie and well-beloved Servant RAUF SADLER one of the Gentlemen of his Grace’s privie Chalmer whom his Majesty sendeth at this tyme into Scotland for the purposes ensuing. This MS. contains the State Papers of Sir Ralf Sadler from his Instructions given by Henry VIII till his recall, Dec. 12, 1543. Here the Reader will find the genuine orthography : in the EUROPEAN MANUSCRIPTS. 33 Papers as published by Clifford and Scott the orthography is mo- dern and spurious. Folio, very well-written, red Morocco, pp. 271. XL. ARMS of the SOVEREIGNS of BRITAIN, with those of their immediate Descendants, Heirs, &c. together with those of the Nobility created in their reigns, from the remotest antiquity to the time of Queen Elizabeth. The whole of the Arms are emblazoned, and are accompanied with accounts of those who bore them, written in the reign of Queen Elizabeth ; an exceedingly curious and important MS. This MS. formerly belonged to “ Joseph Edmondson, Esqre, Mowbray, Herald Extraordinary.” Large Folio, bound, pp. 102. XLI. A GiELIC DICTIONARY, by Gen rt Va- It is interleaved with Mr. Shaw’s Gaelic Dictionary, 4to. the language often improved, and amplified from almost all the regu- lar languages in the known World, — each word written in the character peculiar to the language to which it belongs. The additions are almost innumerable ; a work truly stupendous, on which the indefatigable and enthusiastic Author spent upwards of thirty years. In 1802 General Valancey published from this what he called “ a Prospectus of the Language of the Aire Coti or ancient Irish, compared with the language of the Cuti or ancient Persians, with the Hindostany, the Arabic, and Chaldsean languages.” This 34 EUROPEAN MANUSCRIPTS. Prospectus seems to have been drawn up on the model of the fol- lowing — ■“ Observations Fondamentales sur les Langues Anciennes & Modernes, ou Prospectus de l’ouvrage intitule La Langue Primitive conservee ; par M. le Brigant, Avocat : a Paris. 1/87. Though this most voluminous Compilation of General Valancey s contains hosts of fanciful etymologies, yet it would be invaluable in the construction of a complete Gaelic Dictionary ; which is still a Desideratum. Folio, two very thick volumes, half bound. XLII. A large number of ANCIENT COATS OF ARMS, belonging to Families in tlie Low Countries. It is without Title and appears to have been the Collection of some Herald. Among the number there is a Family of the name Portre with a bearing so early as 1281. — Small Folio, loose binding. XLIII. SUETONII lib. de vit. xii Caesarum ; SOMPNIUM DOCTRINALE Fr. Arnoldi de Hollandia ; & LUCII FLORI Epitome Hist. Rom. At the end of Suetonius are the verses of Sydonius in praise of the work of the Roman Historian. The Sompnium was written by Arnold, a native of Rotterdam, and Abbot of the Monastery of Viridivallis or Bonavalla near Brussels : he flourished A.D. 1162: it is divided into three parts, secular, scholastic, and moral. The MS. is written on Paper, Smc. xiv, apparently the same kind of Paper as some of that of No. xxxi. Small Folio, old calf binding, pp. 384. EUROPEAN MANUSCRIPTS. XLIV. CARTiE FUNDATIONIS, &c. conventus Sororum beatte Virginis de monte Carmelo in op- pido Brugensi. To the credit of the writer of this MS. I will insert the name taken from the entry at the beginning : “ presens hoc trans- sumptum pertinet ad Conventum Sororum beate Marie de monte Carmello in oppido Brugensi ; scriptum per sororem Franciscam capelle monialem ejusdem ordinis,” &e. Its equal and excellent execution, good ink, and fine vellum, make it one of the most beautiful specimens of unadorned caligrapliy that I have ever seen. Small Folio, bound, pp. 116. XLV. Li Liures des Estoires dou comencement dou monde. A MS. of the early part of the thirteenth century : imperfect at the beginning, and in four or five places in the work, several leaves having been wantonly torn out. The following Colophon shows the Contents and Materials of this volume. “ Ici fenit li liures des estoires dou comencement dou monde. Cest de Adam et de sa lignie. Et de Noe et de sa lignie. Et des xii : fils israel. Et de destruction de thebes. et dou co- mencement dou regne de femenie. Et l’estoire de troie. Et de alexandre le grant. Et dou comencement de la cite de rome et des batailles qui les romains firent iusques a la nais- sance nostre seignor ihesu crist quils conquistrent tout le monde.” One of the original owners of this book was a person who lived “ yn oxynforde and there is the entry of another proper name in a hand something like that of the above Colo- phon — “ Maist. Thamys Telenger.” F 36 EUROPEAN MANUSCRIPTS. Folio, writing considerably faded, vellum, in old oak covers, pp. 410. XLVI. NOTITIA ECCLESIASTICA primitive Ecclesise, a 7Vios. Mangey, D.D. collecta, in tri- bus. libris comprehensa. The first book consists of extracts and observations on the chief doctrines of the Church ; the second is on its discipline , the third is on its books, manner of writing, &c. &c. Folio, vellum. XLVII. TOISON D’OR & AUTRES ARMOI- RIES. This MS. contains the Arms of the first Chevaliers of the order of Toison d’Or, with an Account of the Fetes of the Order ; together with many Bearings and authenticated Accounts con- cerning the Nobility of the Low Countries i it is full of large Coats of Arms, and was evidently a College Office book. Small thick Folio, vellum. XLVIII. STATUT. PISAN. CIVITATIS. A well-written MS. on paper, which bears on its water-mark a pear, with a leaf on each side of it A.D. 1500. 4to. vellum, pp. 340. XLIX. HISTORIiE (?) ab init. Mundi ad Con- stantin. Imp. EUROPEAN MANUSCRIPTS. 37 A thin MS. folio, written in a beautiful Roman hand, partly on paper and partly on vellum : pp. 116. L. L’Histoire & plaisante Chronique du PETIT JEHAN DE SAINTRE, de la Jeune Dame des Belles Cousines, sans autre nom nommer ; avec L’histoire de FLORIDAN, et de la Belle Ellinde ; et L’Extrait des Chroniques de Flandres, par Ant. de la Salle. Much damage has been received by this MS. from damp which has injured several leaves towards the middle of the book. It is written by a French Scribe, upon Paper which has for its water-mark a dog or lynx passant with a trefoil or fleur-de-lis, springing from its back. Small Folio, bound, pp. 308. LI. A considerable number of Original Letters of the Rev. SAMUEL WESLEY. LII. 1 . Tracts on the Island of CEYLON ; 2. a history of PERSIA ; 3. a Journey to the Court of king DAMEL. The tracts referring to the Island of Ceylon are on the fol- lowing subjects: — 1. On the form of Government, and the Laws and Customs of the Candian dominions, written in the year 1771, by Illangakoon, a Moodeliar, and first Interpreter of the Desave of Matura ; addressed to Governor Falck; pp. 44. —2. Questions and Answers concerning the Arts and Trades of the Candians ; of the different sorts of Elephants ; of the Go- 38 EUROPEAN MANUSCRIPTS. vernment of the five Buddhoos ; the number of Monarchs who filled the throne of Ceylon and Candia ; the taxes annually contributed by each Desave either in goods or money ; and the honours &c. paid to the king when he travels ; pp. 24. — 3. Questions and Answers relating to the Theology of the Candians. These questions were put by Governor Falck and answered at Matura in 1778 : pp. 80. The above Tracts were procured and sent by Sir Alexander Johnson, Judge of Ceylon, to my Father, and they are noted throughout in his hand-writing. The Account of Persia is written in a neat small hand in French, and begins with A.D. 1730, detailing the wars between Shah Tamasp, king of Persia and Mahmoud V, Sultan of Con- stantinople, and their successors; pp. 84. The Journey to the Court of king Darnel, (for an account of whom see Park’s travels) was undertaken by Mr. Hill, a resident Englishman at Goree, for the commercial benefit of that settlement, and he kept this account of what occurred during his mission at the request of my Father, and transmitted it to him in England. It is exceedingly curious. Mr. Hill was originally only a blacksmith; pp. 72. Folio, half bound in calf, pp. 304. LIII. Tracts on CE1LON and BUDDHOOISM. 1. Singalese Marriages; Geography; Customs; Agriculture; Buddhoo’s advent, death and image ; signs to discover hidden treasure ; pp. 36. — 2. On Mulgeri-galle, a rock in the British territories (A.D. 1815,) where the Buddhooists perform their offerings; pp. 52. — 3. A compendious description of the Buddlioo doctrine, and of the Sanctification of the famous EUROPEAN MANUSCRIPTS. 39 Temple of Mulgeri-galle ; sent in 1766 to Governor Falck by the High Priest of the said Temple, Sree Bandare Metankere Samenere Same Wahansa. The whole piece is properly the Life of Buddhoo Gautama ; pp. 36. — 4. The Answers of five learned Buddhoo Priests to seventeen Questions concerning their Belief ; submitted to them by order of Sir Alexander Johnson in the year 1815, by whom all these tracts were sent to my Father; pp. 31. In red cloth, 4to., pp. 155. LIY. Tracts, MALAY, CHINESE, and JALOFF. 1. A Malay and English Vocabulary, written in 1731; PP- 75. — 2. A Letter from J. P. Abel Remusat concerning the publication of the Scriptures in Chinese, and especially on the Gospel of St. Mark then published; dated Paris, Nov. 1812; pp. 14. 3. A Vocabulary Jaloff and English, formed by Mr. J. Hill at Goree and Senegal at the request of my Father, with some prefatory remarks on the Natives and their Language ; with Notes by the Author, and a short Grammar; pp. 49. Folio, bound in red cloth, pp. 138. LV. BELGIAN and DUTCH Heraldry. This is a very well-written book and contains a regular and well digested Account, with well-colored coats of Arms, of Low Country and Dutch Families, beginning with Ingelbertus de Speculo, A.D. 1232, and comes down to 1755. Folio, bound, pp. 256. LVI. STATE TRIALS. 40 EUROPEAN MANUSCRIPTS. 1 . The Divorce of Lady Frances Howard and Robert Earl of Essex. 2. The Arraignment of certain individuals for the Murder and Poisoning of Sir Thomas Overbury in the Tower. 3. The trial of Lord Audley for rape, &c.., with Lord Audley’s last speech and execution. A curious MS. differing in some important particulars from the published state trials. Folio, half bound, pp. 258. LVII. Blason de Annas de LAS CASAS. The Pedigree and Arms of the Las Casas family from the commencement to the present time ; certified from the Herald’s College at Madrid, signed by the hands of all the Heralds, and sealed with their seals. This is a most splendid MS., written in Spanish, highly illu- minated, penned by a masterly hand on the finest vellum, ruled with red lines, and bound in red Morocco. This was probably seized as plunder in the Peninsular war. Folio, pp. 118. LVIII. Reports and Orders on RYMER’S FCE- DERA. A series of Reports written, and delivered in to the Commis- sioners for the Public Records, by my Father, for the purpose of shewing the errors and deficiencies of Rymer, and of pointing out how they should be remedied. In these Reports there is shewn an intimate and deep acquaintance with English History, tei EUROPEAN MANUSCRIPTS. 41 LIX. A COMMON PLACE Book, in which are several curious entries. Folio, vellum. LXII The Arms of the NOBILITY OF ENG- LAND since the Conquest, according to their several Creations by every particular King. This is a Copy, in a much more splendid style of emblazoning, of the MS. No. xl., with several additions in the body of the Work, as well as in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, to which is ficTI and they are as instructive and interesting as they are important. Folio, half bound in Russia, pp. 284. LXI. Statuts k Ordonnances du tres noble Ordre de la THOISON D’OR, ensemble aucunes addi- tions & mutations faictes sur sceulx. The first creation and institution of this Order was made and took place in the town of Bruges, the 10th of January, 1429, the Duke of Burgundy being Sovereign of the Order; and the first chapter that was held was in the town of Lisle in the church of St. Peter on St. Andrew’s Day, 1431. The number of knights was restricted to thirty-one, besides the Sovereign of it. This volume contains a complete history of the Order, an account of its Knights and Officers, &c. and is brought down to 1632. Folio, vellum, well written in the cramped hand of those times, pp. 150. flfg 42 EUROPEAN MANUSCRIPTS. added the reign of King James. The last entry is James Ha- milton, created Baron of Ennerdale and Earl of Cambridge, 16th June, 1619. This MS. was written by “ Raphe Sheldon, of Besly, Esqre.” who died 1684, and “ was given by W. Shel- don, Esqre. of Gray’s Inn, great grandson of a Ralph Sheldon, Esqre. who was Couzin & heir male of the above-named Raphe, to me Frans. Townsend, Windsor Herald, 14th Aug. 1799. Folio, bound in vellum, pp. 119. LXIII. A MS. containing a Translation of a part of CATACUZENUS, by the Antiquary Ed. Bur- ton, Esqre. ; with several curious Letters of SAM. WESLEY, Rector of Epworth. At the end are some papers concerning the Rights of the Bishop of DURHAM, copied from a paper of Dr. Stonehewer. Folio, bound in vellum. LXIV. TERRARUM ORBIS DESCRIPTIO. This is an Epitome of Geography in general, written in Latin : it begins with Spain and ends with America. The manners, state, and establishments of the various Qountries are detailed. The last entry gives an account of Maghelaen’s ship Victory, which after his death returned from the Moluccas to Spain, then to Dominica returning to Spain, and her third voyage to Dominica, in which she was lost and never heard of more. Folio, well-written, vellum, pp. 222. LXV. ANTHOLOGIA GRJECA, sive Epigram - mata var. Auctor. EUROPEAN MANUSCRIPTS. 43 In a short Greek rubric it is called, a Collection of various Greek Epigrams composed by ancient Poets on various subjects and persons, collected by Maximus Planudes the Monk. The work is divided into seven books of unequal length, and each Epigram is arranged alphabetically according to the initial letter of its subject, not of the name of its author, though the name of each when known is given at the beginning of the Epigram. This arrangement, as the writer tells us in a short rubric Greek preface, was effected with considerable labor as the original materials in former collections were heaped together without any order, so that an Epigram on a particular subject could not be found without much difficulty. The different books are all arranged upon the same plan. The 1st. book contains C02 epigrams; the 2nd. 351; the 3rd. 570; the 4th. 592; the 5th. 82 ; the 6th. 170 ; the 7th. 205 : total epigrams 2572. The Neapolitan edition of the Anthologia, in Greek and Italian, has followed the recension of Planudes so truly advan- tageous in its arrangement, and which is the last of the four recensions. The first was made by Meleager a Syrian in the reign of Seleucus I, King of Syria; the second was made by- Philip of Thessalonica, in the reign of the Emperor Augustus : the third was made by Agacius in the reign of the Emperor Justinian : another is mentioned of an infamous author whom we need neither name nor number ; and the fourth was that of Planudes, a Greek Monk of Constantinople, about A.D. 1380. This MS. is beautifully written in a ■pure Greek hand, the subjects of the Epigrams and names of the Authors in rubric. It is on paper, glazed after the Eastern manner — 4to., vellum, pp. 504. LXVI. Hicce Codex SNORRONIO-EDDICUS G EUROPEAN MANUSCRIPTS. reliquibus omnibus longe auctior atque cmen- datior & Viro Antiq. Scandin : peritissimo John Watsson, sive Johanne Olavio, Grunnavico-Is- lando, qui Steculo xvm claruit, propria maim exaratus, continet, &c. &c. Tlie Title, which is a Syllabus of Contents, is too long to be inserted : but the Volume contains a most complete Copy of the Mythological-prosaic Edda, far beyond that published by Resenius in completeness and correctness ; with various Readings, a series of Dissertations forming a digest of all that is known of the history, nature and authenticity of the Edda, with a complete set of Scaldic Institutes illustrating the nature of the Scaldic Poetry, its Rythm, Phraseology, Inversions, and characteristic Denominations of men and things, and all that necessary for the thorough understanding of that singular species of composition. In illustration many specimens not to he found elsewhere are introduced, particularly a curious piece extracted from an unique Copy of a MS. which was destroyed in the great fire at Copenhagen in A.D. 1728. This MS. was purchased from Finnur Magnusson of Iceland, one of the most distinguished of the Literati of Iceland in the present day : Magnusson, who is a man of great probity, assured the buyer that there is no other copy of the whole work known to exist, that in the Library of Copenhagen being only an incomplete first draught of the original MS. It is beau- tifully and correctly written, in a fine Icelandic hand, and superbly bound in Russia, with silk fly-leaves, and full gilt . folio, pp. 410. See the Entries in the MS. LXVII. The Rythmical EDDA of Scemund. EUROPEAN MANUSCRIPTS. 45 It contains a good and well-adjusted Text of all the pieces published in the printed copies, with a great many others still more curious and interesting which have been hitherto known only by report. Beside the pieces which constitute the Mytho- logic Edda, half the volume is filled with old Icelandic and Norse Songs, Lays, Tales, and Ballads, concerning the Heroes and Heroines who make such a distinguished figure in the German Romances of Nibelungen, Vilkina, and Nijlunga Sagas, the Swedish Rhyme Chronicle, the Danish Kcempe Viser, and the popular Tales, Romances and Ballads of the whole of modern Scandinavia. The contents are 1. Volu Spa, much better and more uniform in rythm, lan- guage and orthography than that published by Resenius. 2. Iiavamal, more correct than that of Resenius. 3. Runna thattur 0 thins. 4. Grotto Sauncjr, or the Quern Song, a bold, wild, and romantic Scandinavian fiction of Pagan times ; a copy of which was printed in 8vo. in Copenhagen, some years ago, with translations in Latin and Danish, with various Readings, but never was published. There is another Copy of it in the Folio MS. 5. Rigs Mai, or the Song of king Eric, a composition of the eighth Century, peculiarly interesting from the pictures of private life in that age which it exhibits. No perfect copy of this piece exists. It was printed in Sweden in 8vo. with a Latin translation, but never published : it is a Cyclic Poem and does not belong to the Edda. 6. Grou Lioth, or the Lay of Groa. 7. Fiolsmns Med. ■i— muni. EUROPEAN MANUSCRIPTS. 9, 10, 11. Hclga Quitha haddingia scata fra Hiorvartlu oe Sigrlinn, SfC. Sfc. 12, 13, 14. Sigurthar Quitha-, Sfc. SfC. 15, 16. Brinhildar Quitha, or Brunhild’s Songs. 17. Guthrunar Quitha, or Gudrums Songs. 18. Norse Songs, Lays, &c., which occupy nearly the latter half of the volume, and have been hitherto unknown even to the most learned Antiquaries of this Country. The whole is a beautiful MS., elegantly written in the Ice- landic ; superbly bound in Russia, with silk fly-leaves, lull gilt, small 4to. pp. 238. LX VIII. SOLARLIOTH er saght er ort Saemundr im Frothi, Carmen solare : Auctore, ut fertur, Ssemundo Polyhistore, Sigfusi filio, qui decessit 1133 . It has a Latin version and observations by Gudmund Hog- nason. This is the identical MS. which is described in the late edition of the Edda printed at Copenhagen, 1787, 2 Vols. 4 to. see Vol. I. p. 448. It is a small 4to. consisting of 22 pages; it was picked up by accident in a perishing state: it is written on paper: bound in rich Chinese silk. The three preceding MSS. are matchless volumes, and in their way utterly invaluable. EUROPEAN MANUSCRIPTS. 47 LXIX. The PSALTER, with a Scotch version. The Text is in Latin, with a very ancient Scottisli version and Paraphrase, in which are contained not only some curious anecdotes, but also many Scottish words which do not appear in Dr. Jamieson’s Dictionary. The Paraphrase is in general very forcible in expression and sentiment. The MS. begins with four lines of the Comment on the last verse of Psalm vn, what preceded is lost. It is also imperfect from Psalm xlvu. 6. to Psalm lxviii. 17. and the latter portion of the book is written by a different Scribe. Some Magnificats or Hymns, being translations in Latin taken from various parts of the Old and New Testament, and accompanied by a Comment, follow the Psalms. The last two leaves contain a gloss upon various virtues and vices connected with the Commandments. The last leaf is imperfect. This is an exceedingly curious and valuable work, both for its antiquity, language, and sound strong sense. Folio, splendidly bound in Russia, a l’antique, pp. 382. LXX. “The SOVERIGNTY OF THE SEAS of England,” Proved by Record, History, and the Municipal Laws of the Kingdom : Also a particular Relation concerning the in- estimable Riches and Commodities of the British seas : by Sir John Bury, Knight, Keeper of the Records in the Tower of London. Written during the reign of Charles II : Folio, vellum, pp. 121. 48 EUROPEAN MANUSCRIPTS. LXXI. The CROWNING OF NATURE, or the Doctrine of the chief Medicine. This is an Alcliemistical work explaining the method of pro- curing the Elixir Vitas, and it is illustrated by sixty-seven Hiero- glyphics! Folio, bound, pp. 138. LXXII. BIBLIA SACRA, Vulgate Versionis. In this MS. the book of Malachi follows Zecliariah, but is without any rubric, title, or heading, and in a different hand : the Psalms immediately succeed, and end Vol. I. : — the last leaf, containing the conclusion of Ps. cl, is lost: — all the books attributed to Solomon are placed together : — the third book of Maccabees, i.e. the martyrdom of the mother and seven chil- dren, is not separated from the rest ; — Malachi is repeated at the beginning of Vol. 2. : — Hamel, Susanna, and Bel and the Dragon form but one book ; and other Apocryphal books are included in canonical ones. — A well-written ancient MS. 2 Vols. Folio, bound, 1st. Vol. pp. 760. 2nd. Vol. pp. 708. LXXIII. BIBLIA SACRA, Vulgate Versionis. The Psalms are omitted in this MS. : the interpretation of Hebrew names concludes the fourth volume : it is not ruled, and with the exception of plain ornaments to the initial letters, it is not adorned ; but it is admirably written, on beautiful vellum, in the most complete preservation, and is a most noble MS., few being equal to it, and it is almost impossible to be superior. Large imperial 4to., 4 Vols., well bound in calf, and gilt, pp. 1 Vol. 225. 2 Vol. 298. 3 Vol. 270. 4 Vol. 304. pp. 1097. EUROPEAN MANUSCRIPTS. 49 LXXIV. MISCELLANIES, consisting of various Poems in the reign of Queen Anne, copied into Letters directed to the Wife of Sir George Saville; the rights of the County Palatine of Durham ; history of a branch of the Cromwell family ex- isting in the United States, taken from family records, &c. by J. F. Watson, Philadelphia County, America, 1821, sent to my Father; the Petition of John Colsell of Cambridge, and of John Clarke of Oxford, “ u freres who desyre lycence of the kinge to coniure,” A.D. 1538, to make spirits obey them, “ to optayne the treysure that bee yn the sey and the erthe,” and several other things of the same nature ; and Extracts from Gerald Cambrensis. — A thin Folio, half bound. HI xSs LXXV. LEGENDE D’OREE, or Lives of tl Saints. ic The histories of 185 Saints are given, written in two volumes, in old French, without ornaments, on the best manufactured vellum : it is a remarkably fine MS., the writing is peculiarly fair and even, the margins large, and the vellum of the best and smoothest quality. Largest imperial 4to., strongly and beautifully bound in old yellow Morocco, gilt, pp. 792. 50 EUROPEAN MANUSCRIPTS. LXXVI. The CORRESPONDENCE of the Car- dinals Buorini , Corsini, (afterwards Clement XII,) Letti, Boughi, &c. with Martinelli, from 1664 to 1671 ; with their Seals. There are seventy-nine Letters, all Originals, in Italian.— 4to, unbound. LXXVII. CHARTER of the City of London, Granted by Charles in the fourteenth year of his reign, attested by Wolseley. Folio, vellum, pp. 406. LXXVIII. EBERARDI GRASCISMUS, A grammatical Treatise in verse, according to the plan of Donatus. In the Preface the writer states that he has com- posed this piece for the sake of those who would be authors though they knew nothing of composition, who mixed up meta- phors and figures as absurdly as the person would act who fishes in streams with dogs to catch wild boars, and hunts in the woods for game with salmon nets. It is a noble and very curious MS. and ends with « Jbcriptor scripsissct brnc nttltor si boLusset.” And a later hand has inserted the following ill-expressed pious wish ! <» (&ut raptt hunc liberum -Demon franejet sibi collum. There are several grammatical notes in a small ancient ill- EUROPEAN MANUSCRIPTS. 51 written hand on the broad margins of some of the leaves : the writing is tolerably good, though abounding in contractions. Small Folio, oak covers, pp. 154. LXXIX. The manner of gathering the UNIVER- SAL SPIRIT : a Treatise of Alchymy, thin 4to. unbound. LXXX. iEGIDII ROMANI Columna de Regi- mine Principum. The Author of this Work was an Augustine Monk, who flou- rished A.D. 1299 : it is dedicated to Philip le Bel, eldest son of Philip III. king of France : it formerly belonged to the Pinellian Library. It is written on vellum in a fair hand : Folio, bound in rich crimson silk, pp. 336. LXXXI. An account of the Provinces, Jurisdic- tion, Military Power, Ensigns, Tribute, &c. of the Holy Roman Empire and See. It contains many curious Drawings of Coin, National Dresses, &c. Small thin Folio, a fine hand, on Paper, in Latin, vellum, pp. 234. LXXXII. L’HUMAINE CITE, poeme morale. A Work written on the plan of John Bunyaris Holy War, and perhaps was the Model on which Mr. Giles Fletcher H 52 EUROPEAN MANUSCRIPTS. formed his most beautiful poem of the Purple Island. The Title of the first chapter will give a notion of the kind of Allegory carried on, “ Coment lacteur se trouua enferme en une tour de terre qui estoit portee sur rouelles” ; lacteur is here of course the soul or mind, and the earthen tower is the body. I will give the fourteenth chapter as a specimen of the whole. It should be observed that the first book is more allego- rical than any of the others. Du cruel et espouentable varlet qui met hors et chasse les habitans es tourelles. Quant la tour a cheoir couenoit, Je vy vng varlet qui venoit; Et ci cil questoit loge de dans, Faisoit yssir maulgre ses dens De sen hisser fort se liastoit; Car tant se batoit et frappoit, Que ien auoye grant pitie ; Mais sans doulceur ne amytie Frappoit sur luy sans point se faindie Partout ou la pouoit attendre, Rien ny vault braire ny cvier, Ne supplier ne deprier, Nautre chose que faire puissent, Ne cessera tant quilz sen yssent. Celuy varlet est tant doutable, Tant liidoux et tant espouentable, Quil na ou monde, sans doubter, Nul quil ne le deust redoubter ; Car nully ne scet quant il vient, Et non pourtant a tous conuient ; Vne foiz passer par sa main, Et ne scauon, buy ne demain, Ou en quel tempe ce aduiendra Que le varlet a nous viendra. EUROPEAN MANUSCRIPTS, 53 “ Le lay conclutif” of each book is in a different measure from the body of the work. Every chapter lias an initial letter ornamented in gold and colors, some of which have been cut out. The writing is on vellum and good, though the ink is something faded from age. Folio, old binding, pp. 222. am LXXXIII. Incipit quoddam breve opusculum ne- tricum per Compilatorem, PABULARIUM P(E- TARUM intitulatum. The work is in four books, the first three are alphabetically arranged ; the fourth contains a number of personal descrip- tions. Toward the end is the following piece, preceded by some Epitaphs on the undermentioned Abbot: — “ gesta Jo- hannis Sexti majus notabilia sub brevibus, stilo metrico com- pilata;” from which it appears that this John Sextus was born in Whitehamstead, belonging to a monastery in Pem- broke, &c. &c. The descriptions, of which he makes the first word the subject, are generally taken from the Roman Poets either in whole or part, and of course vary much in excellence. SgE: •ur.'cc I The MS. is written on good vellum, the penmanship beautiful throughout, and the Initial letters, of which there are 47, are most elaborately executed and elegantly varied, as may be seen from this annexed specimen.— See Plate. / V In the open-work of this flourished Capital at the end of the MS. we find what I suppose to be the name of the Author or Scribe, probably the latter, “ domiue miserere, domine miserere, domine miserere, John Davy. — Folio, bound, pp. 234. >; • * ■ I 54 EUROPEAN MANUSCRIPTS. LXXXIV. Proemio di Messere Lionardo Darezo nel ETHICHA D’ARISTOTILE, tradocta di Greco in Latino, & di Latino tradocta in Yolgare ; in Firenze, ad petitione di Missere Nugnio Gus- mano Spagniolo. A Translation of the ten books of the Etlucs of Aristotle, made by Lionardo of Arezzo, Secretary to Pope Martin V., A D 1419. This is a fine MS. on excellent vellum, and written in the Roman character. Small Folio, bound in green leather, pp. 358. LXXXV. HUGO DE ST. VICTOR super lxxiv Psal. prior. The writing of this MS. is exceedingly clear and well exe- cuted on thin good vellum; in excellent preservation. It was once the property of the Monastery of Camberone. For an account of the Author see No. xn. Folio, half bound in calf, pp. 466. LXXXVI. Opera Alcumistica & Plulosophica RAYMUNDI LULLII. This contains all the theoretical and practical works of this Author, with all his Experiments and Essays to find out the Philosophers Stone, and his Correspondence with learned men. The Author was a native of Majorca and flourished in the reigns of Henry III and Edward I. This MS. was written on paper, in the Benedictine Monastery, near Paris, in the year 1319. EUROPEAN MANUSCRIPTS. There is added to the Volume “liber Propheciarum Raymundi Lullii, ceu Arnoldi dc Villa Nova.” The book has many Dia- grams. Folio, bound, pp. 639. LXXX\II. A particular Statement of the Re- ceipts and Issues of the PUBLIC REVENUE, Taxes, and Loans, during the reign of William III. from 5th. Nov, 1688, to 25th. March, 1702. This is a singularly curious volume, beautifully written, giving a detailed account of all the Income and Expenditure of the British Nation during the above named period. In 1688 the National Debt was £3,126,672 18s. Ur?, and was increased by Lady-day 1702 to £10,006,776 17s. li d. This book was the property of Sir Thos. Littleton, Bart. Treasurer of the Navy.— 4to., bound, pp. 77. LXXXVIII. A large Collection of PRECE- DENTS, STATUTES, &c. from the time of Richard I. to Queen Mary. An important collection for the elucidation of our ancient history. Folio, old binding, pp. 452. LXXXIX. ARMS and PEDIGREES of the An- cient Nobility of Britain, with their proper blazon and in their order of Creation, from the Conquest 1066 to the 15th of Q. Elizabeth 1572; and thence continued to the 4th of James I. 1606. 56 EUROPEAN MANUSCRIPTS. « This was given to me in 1798 by Rev. John Lockman, canon of Windsor. Leicester. “ This Catalogue of Nobility was compiled probably by that very ingenious Herald, Robert Cooke, Clarencieux.” It is supposed to be the Original from which that copy in the Harleian Collection was taken, No. 1440, art. 23. S. 17—55. The MS. in Windsor (Fol. P. 4. 2.) was probably a tran- script from this very book.-See No. lxii and XL. Folio, strongly bound in Russia, leaves 211. XC. Raccolta di Compositioni dell’ Illmo. Big. Kr. BARTOLOMEO DOTI, Nonzio Dignissirao del Territorio di Brescia ; raccolte e scritte da D. D’A. In Venezia, 1714. My Father lent this volume to W. Roscoe, Esqre. of Liver- pool, and on returning it he sent a letter in which are these words ; “ I have read some of Doti’s pieces with great pleasure ; though confined I believe to MS., they seem as deserving of Publication as most pieces of the same nature that I have met with. Liverpool, Aug, 26, 1805. The work is beautifully written in a genuine Italian hand, and elegantly illuminated with gold and colours at the begin- ning and end of each Poem. 4to., well bound in gilt calf, pp. 662. XCI. THE CHRONICLE OF ENGLAND, EUROPEAN MANUSCRIPTS. 57 Commencing with a part of the reign of Constantinus, son of Cador, Duke of Cornwall, when the two Sons of Mordred rebelled against him, one seizing on London, the other on Win- chester, where they were both defeated and slain by Constan- tinus ; which happened about A.D. 543; and ending with the 9th year of Henry VI. A.D. 1431. Nicholas Wotton being Lord Mayor of London. Written in English ; the writing a good deal faded in some places ; a very curious, particular and ancient narrative ; 4to. bound in crimson plush, pp. 224. See a very curious rubic entry at the bottom of the fourth leaf from the end of this MS. XCII. PETRI DAMIANI Sermones 25 ; epist. cuidam Episcopo de episcopatu ; de peccat, 7. mortal. Written on vellum ; 4to., bound, pp. 202. XCIII. A Fragment of a metrical ENGLISH HISTORY. The following is an extract from the first page of the Frag- ment ; — “ ©I;e ISErcficbtscficpc of ffiantburg, tfie Tjoln Donston, tHjorto grant of 3EBgar, tfje goBc bgng, anti tfjc fjofg pope Jon, JFor mcBe tfjoriu al englonBc, tfjnt ecfie person scIjoLDc epese aeactfjcr be tootBe ftepe fjgm cfjast fram Iecfiede, or fjis cfjfrclje Icse ; ffioBc toarBegns tfjcg matfe tfjere to iioIBe tfje forme faste, ©fiat mang a togftbgB person out of fits cfjircfje toast g taste; 2cfnt fflonston be ©stooltie toarBegns toerc tfjere to, "anti aufjeltoolB, tfje biscfjepe of toyncfjcsttr, tfje tfjdBBe teas afso ; ©lies tfjre bfsrfjepus tnente aboutc tfjorto out nl otglonBe, ■Jlnti eebe fjitfjer person tfjeg castor out, tper mgfjte non astonBe ; EUROPEAN MANUSCRIPTS. lijtrc cf)ircl)8S Sc here otfjcr goBc clanltcf)c tf)c» hit hem 6u rtoine, ■anO fewscttc hit on goBe men, thorto fcollle of the pope of l&ome.” This is part of the Account which the Fragment gives of Dunstan’s obliging the English Clergy to coelibacy. Folio, beautifully bound in rich Chinese embossed silk ; p. 16. XCIV. FOX’S MARTYROLOGY, epitomized.- 4to., bound, pp. 602. XCV. BREVIARIUM MONASTICUM. A finely written MS. on vellum, very bold writing, 2 Vols. exceedingly thick, the Initials in both vols. laboriously wrought, and many of the Pages highly illuminated. Small Folio, old binding, 1 Vol. pp. 992. 2 Vol. pp. 1074. Total pp. 2066. XCVI. The GREGORIAN CHANT, for Roman Catholic Offices. Written on thick Paper in a clear hand : small Folio, bound, pp. 66. XCVII. NOVUM TESTAMENTUM, Vulgate Versionis. A plain, sound, but little adorned MS. on vellum. Folio, bound, pp. 296. EUROPEAN MANUSCRIPTS. 59 XCVIII. VINCENTII Spec. Histor. prima Pars. See No. x.; Liber septem Sapientium Rotmc ; & Liber Rosse ; i.e. the Romant of the Rose. A short but thick vellum Folio, containing the above Works in Flemish verse : such large specimens of ancient Flemish poetry are of very rare occurrence. A plain MS. in good preservation. Folio, bound in vellum, pp. 642. XCIX. LEVITICUS, Lat. cum Commentariis. A little imperfect both at the beginning and end : Saec. xii. ; the first and last pages have suffered apparently from damp ; the writing is of that clear, bold, legible kind which prevailed in the earlier ages : the Commentary is in a smaller but equally beautiful hand. Vellum, 4to., half bound in vellum, pp. 146. C. Liber PSALMORUM, cum Commentariis k Hymnis Ecclesiasticis. Written in the most chaste style, both text and notes, on fine vellum : a most beautiful and valuable MS. apparently written about the same period as No. xcix. The initial letter of each Psalm is plain in its form, but is in thickly raised burnished gold, and there are four Miniatures, the third exceedingly beau- tiful. The Commentary is in a smaller hand. Smc. xii. ; Folio, vellum, pp. 424. CL MANIPULUS FLORUM, sive Extraction.es Originalium, i 60 EUROPEAN MANUSCRIPTS. Composed by Thomas de Hybernia, formerly a Fellow of the Sorbonne, who has here gathered together what he conceived to be the Flowers from the writing of several of the Fathers, and two or three Roman Authors, arranging them all alphabet- ically under the name of their subject, and quoting the autho- rity. — At the end of the Index of subjects is the following date of the finishing of the work “ mcccvi. die Veneris post passionem Apostolorum Petri & Pauli.” And at the end of the Index of the Authors and Works from which he has extracted, he cheerfully adds “ (Explicit, eppl treat, lutrcrc Jtrriptor cat.” It is a good clearly written MS. with its full quantity of contractions; on vellum, in excellent condition : Folio, bound in vellum, pp. 394. CII. The Vision of PIERS PLOUGHMAN. See No. cxxix. It wants thirty two lines at the end which have been supplied by my Father. A very good and sound MS. 4 to., extra bound in pale Russia, a l’antique, gilt, pp. 182. CIII. iEGIDII ROMANI Columna de regimine Principum; & PROVERBIA SALOMONIS. At the end of jEgidius (See No. txxx.) are these words, etui scripstt huttc l thrum bocctur tit Jlaralnsum.” This is a most noble MS. on vellum; Scec. xiv. embossed on both sides of the cover are the Papal Arms. Folio, splen- didly bound in red Morocco, full gilt, pp. 464. gSW EUROPEAN MANUSCRIPTS. 61 CIV. PRAYERS and EJACULATIONS. Thin 4to. vellum. CV. RAVII Annotat. in F. C. Brucheri Isagogen Grammaticam. Never printed. 4to. half cloth, pp. 246. CVI. Lectures on ANATOMY. Author unknown. 2 Vols. 4to., cloth, 1 Vol. pp. 508. 2 Vol. pp. 450. Total pp. 958. CVII. JONATHAN, or the True Friend. Written originally in French by the famous De Ceriziers, Almoner to the king. The name of the Translator and the date are so blotted out as to be illegible. The Translator appears to have known but little of the French idiom. 4to., half cloth, pp. 169. CVIII. PEREGRINANTIS PROGRESSUS, a J. Bunyan. Lat. reddit a Gul. Massey. There is a pen and ink drawing of Bunyan at the beginning. 4to., half bound, pp. 401. sag CIX. A Comparison of ANCIENT FABLE with the SACRED WRITINGS. 62 EUROPEAN MANUSCRIPTS. By William De Lavaur. 4to., 2 Vols. red basil, 1 Vol. pp- 170. 2 Vol. pp. 194. CX. Anno 1581—1582. MYSTERIORUM Liber primus MORTLACI. This is a work by Dr. John Dee. At the beginning I find the following note by my Father :• — “ N.B. As it is asserted that the six books of Mysteries transcribed from the Papers of Dr. John Dee, by Elias Aslimole, Esqre., preserved in the Sloan Library, Plutarch xvi. g, are a collection of papers relative to State Transactions between Queen Elizabeth, her Ministers, and different Foreign Powers, in which Dr. Dee was employed, sometimes as an official Agent openly, and at other times as a Spy, I purpose to make an ex- tract from the whole work, and endeavour if possible to get a key to open the Mysteries. A. C.” 4to., red basil, pp. 67. CXI. 1. Aii Essay on the LAW OF MOSES; 2. Life of BHOODOO and an account of bis religion ; 3. Translation of a CINGALESE AL- MANAC for the year 1803. The first tract is a very able production ; the second is a translation from Cingalese, the first sheet of which is lost. 4to., red basil, pp. 69. EUROPEAN MANUSCRIPTS. G3 CXII. A HEBREW CATECHISM. Translated from the original Italian, in ten Dialogues. 4to., red basil, pp. 119. CXIII. Governor WORSELEY’S journey to MOUNT SINAI. This is a Transcript from the Author’s own Journal : see Coppin. voy. to Egypt. Calmet on Moses. Abu’l Foeda’s descript, of Arabia and the Red Sea. Also, a Journal of Mrs. Butcher , wife of a Missionary to Sierra Leone. Also, a Decree of Starre-Chamber, concerning Printing, made 11th July last past, 1637. Thin 4to., bound in red cloth. CXIV. SENECA5 EPISTOL^. A very fine copy of the Epistles of Seneca, on good vellum, written in the xi or xii Century. At the end are 14 Epistles, containing seven from Seneca to St. Paul, and seven from St. Paul to Seneca, utterly unworthy both of the Apostle or the Philosopher; prefixed is the Prologue of St. Jerorn to these Epistles, but in which their genuineness is not asserted. At the top of the first page is this Rubric, “ $ic rst Ithcf Santtt Albant, qttcnt qttt ri abstulmt aut tJclcbcrtt, anathema ett, Emeu.” Small Folio, bound, pp. 310. 64 EUROPEAN MANUSCRIPTS. CXV. Various TRACTS on Ecclesiastical 7\.ffairs, Scripture, and Morals. One is, general Instruction to Priests ; another is, a short verbal Commentary on the books of Scripture. It is written in Latin and upon vellum, in one of the most contracted and worst hands I have ever seen : no Author’s name appears. Folio, Russia, pp. 318. CXVI. COMMENT, in Univers. Aristotelis P hilosophiam ; in libros Metapliysicorum ; 2 Vols. These volumes are illustrated with various diagrams and many engraved Heads of Ancient and Modern Philosophers ; and I think it is evident that, under the name of the Ancients, some individuals supposed to be of their way of thinking are repre- sented, i.e. the Head which is called Epicurus is certainly very like Luther, and such a slander might formerly be both made and believed. 4to., red calf, lettered on the covers Carolus Everard, 1 Vol. pp. 579. 2 Vol. pp. 632. Total pp. 1311. Written A.D. 1680. CXVII. DISPUTATIONES PHILOSOPHIC^. A MS. on Paper. The volume concludes with the following note: — “finis Phisicee die Nov. 19. A.D. 1711. auditore F. Francisco Howard, sub vexillo R. P. P. Cutliberti Farnworth, A.D. hujusque cursus Professoris meritissimi, militante.” — Well written and adorned with beautiful diagrams, tables, &c. — 4to., bound, pp. 1126. EUROPEAN MANUSCRIPTS. 65 CXVIII. A COLLECTION OF STATUTES of the Realm. Most beautifully written upon vellum : written in the reign of Edward I. The latest Statute mentioned here is the Statute of Champerty, made the 26th Sep. 1305, in the 33rd year of Edward I. There is an entry or transcript of a Writ or rather a Mandate from Robert Winchelsey, Archbishop of Canterbury, to Oliver Sutton, Bishop of Lincoln, dated at Olleford, the ides of July, 1298. N.B. There are Statutes here no copies of which have been found in the Archives of the Kingdom : it was lent to the Col- lectors of the Statutes under the Record Commission to whom it was of great service. Small Folio, Russia, pp. 420. CXIX. Le grand ALMANACH D’AMOUR. Ou sont continues les predictions generalles de l’annee & de chaque Saison en particulier ; avec un rnoyen tres necessaire pour sc.avoir en quel temps & lieux il faut seiner & cultiver toutes les choses qui servent en amitie ou en amour. Et de plus, une facile Methode pour guerir L’lndifference. This MS. is well written and abounds with Elegies, Sonnets, Ballads, Rondeaux, Madrigals, Virelays, Epigrams, Bouts, Rimees, Placets, &c. &c. There are besides several curious Letters in it from Sig. Chanut, her ambassador in Holland, and others, to and from Christina, Queen of Sweden, letters of Ma- rigny, Madame Scuderi, the Duke of Guise, &c. and other eminent persons. 4to., bound, pp. 692. CXX. SYNTAGMA THEOLOGIZE, Excerptnm 66 EUROPEAN MANUSCRIPTS. ex preelectionibus D. Proff. Fernet, 1762. stud. D. Chauvet. It seems to have been one volume of a Collection of MS. for though complete in itself it is marked on the back Vol. 12. A very thick small 4to. half bound. CXXI. HISTORIC ECCLESIASTIC/E COM- PENDIUM, Excerptum ex preelectionibus Proff. Mauritii, 1762. stud. D. Chauvet. This MS. begins with Seec. v and ends with Srec. xxv. It is another volume of the Collection mentioned above, and is marked 15. CXXII. WELSH HISTORICAL TRACTS, Containing a Dissertation on Welsh Literature, History, Laws, ; “ a Dissertation on the Welsh Laws, and some of the customs of the Welsh mentioned in them, particularly of the Court of Judicature of the Welsh Princes, whereof there never was any account in English;” — “a Treatise of Lord- shipps marchers in Wales, showing how, whie, and when they weare first created, and how, whie, and when they weare sup- pressed ; and how they may best be knowne and tryed at this daye from other Lordshipps that weare not Lordshipps mar- chers.” This is a beautifully written tract, in the hand common in the time of Queen Elizabeth, and contains much curious in- formation. Small 4to., half bound in vellum. It once formed part of Dr. Hunter’s Historical Collections. EUROPEAN MANUSCRIPTS. G7 CXXIII. IRISH AND ENGLISH HISTORI- CAL TRACTS. Several things relative to the Laws, Customs, Officers, and their fees in the Court of Exchequer, Ireland : — Rules of Prac- tice in the same Court : — a general account and detailed specification of the Revenue of Ireland, its Exports and Imports : — Lettre d’Anne de Boulogne a Henri VIII : — King Charles I. Proclamation in defence of his dominion of the Seas against Pirates, &c. with the Privy Council’s recommendation, and the Warrant as its result :■ — the letter of his Majesty's Privy Council touching the ship of war, 1637. The ship mentioned here is that which (by the Proclamation mentioned above) the People of Durham were ordered to build for the Protection of Trade. Q. Elizabeth’s letter to Sir Amias Pawlet, touching the Q. of Scots. A contemptible piece of base flattery.— Commissio pro navi fracta sup. mari ad inquirend. de restitut. bonor. amiss, given by Robert Bishop of Durham, “ xxiv. die Julii, Anno Pontif. nostri nono, 1446.” Taken from Rotul. Nevile. in cancell. Durham. — Statutes of Q. College, Cambridge.— Thin small 4to. half bound in vellum; belonged once to Dr. Hunter’s Collections. CXXIV. Relazione eel Essame della Sereniss. REPUBLICA DI VENEZIA, Fatta da S. Eccza. il Signor Conte Dalla Torre, Ambasciator ap- presso la medema per S. M. Ctesar!!. colla quale si discorre i modi del suo Governo ; i rnezzi per tener a freno la Nobilta ; le Massime de’ Primati ; la Politica, che adopera co’ Studditi ; il genio e le pretese con Prencipi ; le sue Forze ordinarie, con che possa operar in istaordinario 68 EUROPEAN MANUSCRIPTS. Armamento ; l’abbondanza del Dinaro, e la Sicu- rezza, o il dubbio della sua Permanenza. A beautiful MS. written by an elegant Italian hand on Paper. 4to., half bound in vellum, pp. 372. CXXV. TIB. HEMSTERHUSII Dictata in His- toriam Patriam. It brings down the History of the Low Countries to about the end of the war with Philip II, king of Spain. There are some curious matters relative to the part which Q. Elizabeth took in this war. Hemsterhuis calls her callida Angliee Regina. A thick well written MS. ; one leaf at the end is lost. 4to., bound in vellum, pp. 584. CXXVI. J. F. BROCKELMANNI, Lugd. Bat. Profess., Exercit. in Justinian. Institut. A close, well and neatly written thick 4to. pp. 608. CXXVII. T. J. ALMELOVEEN, de vitis Sle- plianorum. The printed work is here interleaved, with abundance of Corrections, and a great mass of MS. containing the lives of Plantin, Raphelengius, Oporinus, Aldus, and other ancient Printers: all in the hand-writing of Almeloveen. Very thick 4to., loose papers tied round with red tape. EUROPEAN MANUSCRIPTS. 69 CXXVIII. T. J. ALMELOVEEN. Bibliotheca promissa & latens. This is a Bundle of Papers, interleaving, correcting and augmenting the above work, which was printed Gaudce, 12mo. 1692. — There is connected with this Bundle a Treatise in MS. by Almeloveen de Fatis Librorum. Both are in the hand-writing of Almeloveen. CXXIX. The PRIKKE OF CONSCIENCIE, by the Hermit Hampole ; — 1. two leaves of a Fragment of Piers Ploughman : see the 9th leaf of that work in this vol. : — 2. on various FESTI- VALS of the Catholic Church, written in a very neat and small hand, in Latin : — 3. the Vision of PIERS PLOUGHMAN, by Robert Langland : — 4. “ Here begynneth the seege of ierusaleem, & how it was destroyed,” a Poem consisting of 1242 lines. The following is part of a description of the assembling of the Jewish army from out of the town. “ ®bt htocs scmblpb tncrc sone, St fro ttjc rote toman, ®I;ouspnbes on fjors in battberkes ntgreb, ffititlj oute folk up on footc, attc fottre gates, anb presseb foortf) to the plagn toitl; pangs gnotn : JFlbc St fourtg olgfauntcs, fensablc bccstgs, ®(tf) castcllgs on here bahftcs, otot of tlje toton tome ; anb on cclje olgfaunt arntgb men Inert ®o fggtc in burbgs, anotnarb on f>cre bakkes. ®Ijan brotnebarpes brotngn out, bcucltcb tfpkkc, an Ijnnbrpb, St alle fjelub tit barneps of magic, ana cd)c baav a bug totnr St bolbc men tljcrgnnc.” 70 EUROPEAN MANUSCRIPTS. 5. A Poem entitled “ the goode Wif thaught hir doughter fele tyme Sc often gode Woman for to be.” The Poem begins with religious advice, and then proceeds to counsels of conduct, man- ners, See. See. It begins thus— “ Bougljtcr, gif tfyou toil! hen a SSRif tc iuisseltrfjt touch, Xotc that thou lost tocll gob & i)oIe ctjcrctj ; C5o to cfjErci) toh«i thou tungth, Icttc Cot no rcon; ^(U tljc 'Dan thou farest tf)c 6cttc tt>at thou hast gob EStnn. SfflcU thrnutth that gob lobcth, mg Dcrc d;iIDc.” Every fifth line throughout the Poem is in rubric, and contains some independent moral reHection ending with “ my dere childe:” it consists of 175 lines. This is a clean, well-written, and correct MS. and may well be used to correct other copies of the Prick of Conscience, and Piers Ploughman. Folio, old embossed binding, pp. 434. CXXX. The PRIKKE OF CONSCIENCIE. In this Copy, the Prologue, 314 lines, is wanting ; also 208 lines of the fyrste Parte; in all, 522 lines in the beginning, amounting in the whole to 13 pages. It is imperfect also at the end, wanting 56 lines of the work, and the Author’s con- clusion, 88 lines, amounting to 146. See No. cn, which is a complete copy except 32 lines at the end. Small Folio, splendidly bound in pale Russia, gilt, pp. 194. EUROPEAN MANUSCRIPTS. 71 CXXXI. PHILIPPIQUES, ou Odes contre Phi- lippe, Due d’Orleans, 1772. The last Ode in this book is thus addressed, “ Ode ;\ Madame la Princesse de Conty, premiere Douairiere. M. de la Grange s’y declare Auteur des Philippiques, qu’il fit en 1723, & qui lie parurent qu’en 1725. For this work Mr. De la Grange was thrown into prison in the isle of St. Margaret, from which he escaped in a miserable fishing boat, after having bribed the Serjeant and two soldiers of the guard : he got to Ville franche, thence to Turin to the Sardinian Court : afterwards he embarked at Geneva for Spain, at the solicitation of the Queen, who sent him from Spain under the protection of the King to Amsterdam. The Duke of Orleans dying, he returned to France, where he died in 1758, aged 82 years. He is Author of some Tragedies, &c. I have never seen a more beautiful specimen of European writing than the present MS. : it is ruled throughout, ornamented with elegant flowers, birds, vases, &c. and illustrated with historical notes. 4to., bound, pp. 120. CXXXII. Le ROMANT DE LA ROSE, The Romant of the Rose was chiefly written by Guilleaume de Lorris, who died in 1260. It was completed by Jean de Meun, alias Copinel, who was born in 1280, and died about 1364. At the end of the first part notice is taken of the death of William de Lorris, and at the head of the part begun by “ Jelians Copinel” is represented the coffin of W. de Lorris, under a green pall striped with white and red, and marked with black crosses, surrounded with seven wax lights. Both parts have been several times printed. Our Poet Chaucer translated 72 EUROPEAN MANUSCRIPTS. the major part of this Poem very literally, copying even the stanza. Perhaps his leaving it imperfect was owing to his finding only those parts which were written by William Lorris. From a partly obliterated Colophon it appears that this MS. was written for Lady de Coucy, in the year 1323. It is a very well-written MS. double columns, initial letters in colors, the top letters of each column in the page ornamented with singular heads, arabesques and devices, and illustrated by 92 small pictures of the subjects of the Poem, beside three which have been cut out. 4to., splendidly bound in reddish purple Morocco, a l’antique, gilt, pp. 282. CXXXIII. A Translation of ST. PAUL’S EPIS- TLES to Timothy, Titus, Philemon, and He- brews. It contains some good Translations with a few notes. Written Dec. 16, 1732. Thin 4to., half bound, pp. 110. CXXXIV. Various READINGS of the Greek Testament . This MS. once belonged to Dr. Thos. Mangey, and afterwards came into the possession of Granville Sharp. The following is the Accouut of this MS. drawn up by my Father:— A Collection of various Readings for the New Testament, made from ancient Greek MSS. Of this Collation of ancient Greek MSS. I know not the Author, nor do I know what MSS. they are which are thus collated, as no description of them appears in any part of the sheets. The Collector was greatly EUROPEAN MANUSCRIPTS. 73 attached to the Latin version, as he, in almost every case, pre- fers those readings which agree with the Vulgate. The Acts and Romans are expressly declared to be from the the Collation of eight ancient MSS. see pp. 30 and 50 ; and the Apocalypse from four ancient MSS. p. 87. Some part of the beginning appears to have been lost, as these Collations commence with Matt. 24. v. 2. The MSS., numbered 9 and 10, are quoted in several of the books ; so that it appears on the whole that eight MSS. were collated on every verse, and two others occasionally. A Copy of the printed Text was used by this unknown collector. Many of the readings preferred in this are approved by Griesbach, and received into the text. When this collection was made or where, is not easy to be determined. The water-mark of some of the sheets is the Arms of the Seven United Provinces; a large Shield surmounted with a Crown, in the centre a Lion rampant, holding in its left Paw a Sceptre, and in the right a bundle of Arrows : on the side of the Throne or Bank where he stands is the word, VRYHEYT ; and round the shield, PRO P ATRIA EJUSQUE LIBERTATE. — In other sheets a female figure with a helmet on her head and a Sceptre in her hand; before her a Lion ram- pant, with a drawn sword in one paw and the bundle of arrows in the other. Both figures seem inclosed within a Palisade; and just before the Sceptre are the words PRO P ATRIA. On the other sheets there is a small circle or shield, including a Crown and the letters G. R. The collection might have been made either in England or Holland about a hundred years ago. Thin 4to., bound in half cloth, pp. 93. 74 EUROPEAN MANUSCRIPTS. CXXXV. Trj? K aivys Aia9r]X7]e casavra. But this MS. contains only the four Gospels and the Acts. It is a modern MS. on paper: probably about 150 years old or more. The writing is exquisite. It has readings which differ from the common text; e. g. Act. 4. 25. instead of o Sea mouaioi A«/3.S, it has o Trvevfia-n a-/tu> Bia, &C. & ibid. V. 27. it reads (TVVTj^Orjffau