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Date(s)
- [c. 1715]-[c. 1749] (Creation)
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Extent and medium
ii, 87 ff. (f. 60 is a modern leaf, inserted during re-binding; ff. 36-37 verso, 44 verso-45 verso, 60 recto-verso blank) ; 195 x 160 mm.
Repaired and re-bound at NLW (formerly bound in limp vellum, the front cover of which is now f. i; 'Of The 7 Liberal Arts' and 'Geography. Compendiums. Plans of authors cited' (ink on f. i)).
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Scope and content
Notes by Dr Wynne and a scribe, including extracts from Lord Clarendon's History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England (ff. 1-35 verso); notes on Arithmetic (ff. 38-42); copies of the preface to Dr Bathurst's Will (ff. 43 verso-44); Dr Bathurst's Latin Oration in the House of Convocation, Oxford, 1676 (ff. 46-54 verso); a Latin speech at Westminster School, 1708 (ff. 55 verso-58); the preamble to the patent of Robert Harley, created Earl of Oxford (ff. 58 verso-59); notes on Geography, with references to books, extracts from Greek, Latin and English geographies, including extracts from Edward Lhuyd's letter to the Bishop of Carlisle about the signification of the names of places in the British (ff. 62-87 verso).
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Conditions governing access
Access to the original manuscript by authorised permission only. Readers are directed to use surrogate copies.
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright laws apply.
Language of material
- English
- Latin
Script of material
Language and script notes
English, Latin.
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Finding aids
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Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Available on microfilm at the Library.
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Note
Preferred citation: Bodewryd MS 74B.
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Title based on contents.
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- Lhuyd, Edward, 1660-1709 -- Library (Subject)