Collection of parallel translations from Latin divided into four groups: (1) "Select epigrammes of Martial Englished"; (2) "Other epigrammes ancient and moderne"; (3) "Epigrammes or sentences epigrammelike"; (4) "Epigrammes by mee long since made in Latin and of late Englished"
Collection of epigrams with parallel translations from Latin into English
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- ReferenceGB 206 Brotherton Collection MS Lt q 18
- Dates of Creationca.1650
- Name of Creator
- Language of MaterialEnglish Latin
- Physical Description1 vol. (13 ff.) Note in a 19th-century hand on Martial on f.1r, below 19th-century auctioneer's printed entry for Lot 1025 (pasted on). Paper wrappers (bound in), inscribed "Martial selected Epigrams Old&other", and bearing Lot-label numbered "1025" in manuscript. Bound in stiff boards with green cloth, spine lettered MS. EPIGRAMS
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
The compiler of the collection is unknown
Access Information
Access is unrestricted
Acquisition Information
Purchased from Dawsons of Pall Mall, July 1969
Note
In English and Latin
Other Finding Aids
The English translations are indexed in the BCMSV database http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/spcoll/bcmsv/intro.html
Additional Information
In a single hand, with some emendations