The James Catalogue of Western Manuscripts

Shelfmark R.7.15
Manuscript Title

John Bale, Epitome of John Leland's work

Alternative Title

John Bale's Additions To Leland's De Viris Illustribus

James Number 753
Century 16th
Physical Description

39-40 lines to a page.

Provenance

Given by William Corker, A.M., Fellow, in 1667. Written by John Bale Bp of Ossory.

Donor Corker, William (c1632-1702), Fellow Of Trinity (1657)
Size (cm) 20.5 x 15
Folio 6 + 160 + 8 ff.
Material Paper
Language English
IIIF Manifest URL https://mss-cat.trin.cam.ac.uk/Manuscript/R.7.15/manifest.json
Online Since 15/10/2018

Contents

The first 5 leaves contain Apocalyptic and other antipapal notes and extracts, by Bale: f.vi is blank.

f.1 Opus Joannis Lelandi de illustribus viris Anglice nationis a Joanne Balyo [Anglo] apud hibernos episcopo epitomatum ac plerisque in locis emendatum et auctum
A note signed T. G.
Liber hic scriptus est ipsius Balaei manu. Hunc uti videtur primo edere statuit retentis ipsius Lelandi verbis; mox tamen, mutatis et mutilatis fere omnibus jussit sub nomine suo prodire semel atque iterum; plagium multiplex deprehendet qui luculentissimum scriptorem Lelandum inspexerit.
f.2 Prefatio D. Jo. Balei ossoriensis Ep. in opus subiectum
Post diutinas atque assiduas rerum Britannicarum.
-cui sit sempiterna laus et gloria nunc et in euum. Amen.
f.3 Five epigrams of Leland's follow
Text begins.
Druydes, genus hominum tum antiquissimi nominis.
f.159 Ends with Jo. Claymundus
...Claruit a. d. 1510 varia composuit.
Then follows the Conclusio totius opens, partly written twice over.
Ending f.160b: si non, his utere mecum.
An Alphabetical Index of Authors follows.
On the last leaf are extracts from
Jo. Chekus de pronunciatione Greca.
Wesselius Groningensis de potest. ecclesiastica.
Melchior Soiterus lib. I de Bello Pannonico.
Epistola doctoris Edwini Sandes ad Jac. Pilkyntonum.

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