A Collection of English Religious Treatises
- GB 2014 WS-01-MSS-03
- Item
- ca. 1420
MS on Vellum. Busby's own Catalogue mark: 10.top.17.
Rolle, Richard, ca. 1300-1349
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A Collection of English Religious Treatises
MS on Vellum. Busby's own Catalogue mark: 10.top.17.
Rolle, Richard, ca. 1300-1349
Letter to Revd Dr William Vincent tipped in to the rear, as well as transcription of Preface and Conclusion. Library title on the letter.
Alexander, de Villa Dei, 1175-1240
Marci Tullii Ciceronis Epistolarum familiarium ad Lentulum Proconsulem liber primus
Some manuscript notes, decorated capitals
Cicero, Marcus Tullius
Incipit liber qui dicitur Scala Perfectionis
MS on Vellum. Note in Dr Busby's hand "Enquire of Mr Kynneston at one Mrs Browns in the Three Legg Alley, betwixt Shoe Lane & Fetter Lane". A number of early ms notes at the end. Unusual to have text in two columns.
Hilton, Walter, d. 1396
Petri Marsi interpretatio in Syllium Italicum.
Silius Italicus, Tiberius Catius
These books catalogued with a 'BUS' prefix were at one point located in the school's Busby Library, a room commissioned by Head Master, Dr. Richard Busby, to house his substantial book collections. This incorporated some volumes which were present at the school prior to Busby's time as Head Master, such as those donated by Mildred Cecil, Lady Burghley, and the library of Busby's friend, Dr John Pell, which Busby purchased after Pell's death. The majority of the books amassed by Busby were left to the school after his death, although some titles were donated to the church he built at Willen, Buckinghamshire, where they later perished in a fire in 1946. Later additions were incorporated into this collection, often donated by Head Masters and former pupils.
Foreedge lettering, contemporary German annotations esp. in Stifel
Boethius, d. 524
lacks a1, a4 repaired; ruled in red, scattered marginalia
Hilton, Walter, d. 1396
Gaza, Theodorus, ca. 1400-ca. 1475