Lexicon Anglo-Graeco-Latinum Novi testimenti [manuscript], mid- to late 17th century.
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Lexicon Anglo-Graeco-Latinum Novi testimenti [manuscript], mid- to late 17th century.
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1 volume.
Summary
Dealer's description: 153 pages of neatly-written mid-to-late 17th Century manuscript lexicon in double columns, red and blank [sic] inks, in a contemp. parcelled calf binding, very worn.
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"The epistle to the Reader. Lover of truth. Undervalue not learning, especial [th]e knowledge of those Languages wherein [th]e Scripturees were first written. But remember [tha]t he [tha]t cannot interpret them himself, may be deceived by him that doth it for him."
Dealer's description: Bound after but positioned partly in front of the printed text [of the New Testament from STC 2327, cataloged separately] is an extensive manuscript 'Lexicon' written in a neat, precise hand over double columns in red and black inks on some 153 pages (approx. 80.000 words) continuing to the letter 'P' in the alphabet. There is a 17th Century owenership signature on the verso of the last leaf of the N.T. - "William Crosbey his booke witness by S Henery and Robert Sherwin" - and a later ownership on the previous page of "Thomas Gotham His Booke 1694". Lexicons of this style and detail were a painfully slow undertaking and in many instances were unfinished (as in this case) because the compiler literally ran out of time to complete the work before his demise. The annotations in the New Testament are in the same hand. [Note: names other than "William Crosbey" are mistranscribed here]
"The epistle to the Reader. Lover of truth. Undervalue not learning, especial [th]e knowledge of those Languages wherein [th]e Scripturees were first written. But remember [tha]t he [tha]t cannot interpret them himself, may be deceived by him that doth it for him."
Dealer's description: Bound after but positioned partly in front of the printed text [of the New Testament from STC 2327, cataloged separately] is an extensive manuscript 'Lexicon' written in a neat, precise hand over double columns in red and black inks on some 153 pages (approx. 80.000 words) continuing to the letter 'P' in the alphabet. There is a 17th Century owenership signature on the verso of the last leaf of the N.T. - "William Crosbey his booke witness by S Henery and Robert Sherwin" - and a later ownership on the previous page of "Thomas Gotham His Booke 1694". Lexicons of this style and detail were a painfully slow undertaking and in many instances were unfinished (as in this case) because the compiler literally ran out of time to complete the work before his demise. The annotations in the New Testament are in the same hand. [Note: names other than "William Crosbey" are mistranscribed here]
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2018.Form and Function: The Genius of the Book. Opening : pp. 84-85.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England.
Item Details
Call number
STC 2327 (ms. content)
Folger-specific note
Purchase made possible by The Eric and Mary Weinmann Acquisitions Fund.
Folger accession
268151