A descriptive catalogue of the manuscripts in the library of Trinity hall / by Montague Rhodes James.

  • Trinity Hall (University of Cambridge). Library.
Date:
1907
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: A descriptive catalogue of the manuscripts in the library of Trinity hall / by Montague Rhodes James. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Inside the cover a woodcut 4 of the arms of Corpus Christi College. Below, written: Signal auis Christum qui sanguine pascit Alumnos: Lilia Virgo parens intemerata refert. Above: y® meetynge at Benett Coll. 6® August! vel infra tres aut quatuor dies ante vel post praedictum diem ad extremum. On the flyleaf: ffor Trinitie halle. Contents: 1. Of the Bookes ; Abp Parker’s Indenture concerning his library, in Latin, occupying 9^ leaves. On blank page; Note in English by John Parker, Aug. 6, 1593, of books not found by him. 2. Inventarium librorum in maiore Bibliotheca, with coloured initial B, containing the arms of Parker and of Trinity Hall. The form of entry is : Biblia Latina Castalionis, i vol. fo. lig. 1554. The books are classed according to subjects. Then follows: A. Libri in minore Bibliotheca. Homerus grece Odisse et Jlias. M.7]pip detde ded. These are all MSS. arranged in classes from A to W. Then: On the grounde, under B. Under C. Bokes in parchment closures as they lye on heaps. Mostly printed Books: 23 “heaps” are enumerated. Then : Standyng on the shelves within the Lockes as here directed by seuen figures. Printed books, in seven classes. Miscellanea A. These are volumes of MSS. of miscellaneous contents. The items and pages are given. They run from A to Z. At top : Theis to be kepte within the little Library. The first is : Epistole Martini Buceri. A further list of 35 MS. volumes beginning with Epistole principum clarorum et proborum hominum, and ending with Rotula in pergameno de anglia terra in Corio Rubro.