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Provenance and Acquisition

Four of the leaves were taken from ‘16. e. 3’ (J. Aventinus, Basel 1580), one from ‘17. b. 19’ (Alfraganus, Frankfurt 1590), two from ‘24. b. 4’ (S. Theupolus, &c., n. p. 1590, &c.), one from ‘24. b. 15’ (Virgil, Heidelberg 1589, bought at Frankfurt 1590), one from ‘66. d. 5’ (P. Belonius, &c., Antwerp 1589 &c.). Fifteen more leaves remain in situ: two in ‘34. h. 20’ (J. P. Maffeius, Venice 1588), two in ‘67. e. 2’ (Manilius, Heidelberg 1590, bought at Frankfurt in the same year), one in ‘74. c. 2’ (J. Chrysostom, &c., London 1590 &c.), two in ‘81. a. 7’ (J. Cyparissiotus, &c., Rome 1581 &c.), two in ‘46. e. 13’ (J. Cassianus, Rome 1588), two in ‘95. i. 20’ (R. Bellarminus, &c., Antwerp 1589, bought at Frankfurt in 1590), four in ‘Stack 121. f. 1’ (A. Montecatinus, Ferrara 1576, bought in Italy in 1589). There are four more in Oxford, Corpus Christi Coll., MS 487, nos 67–8, taken from I. 19. 11 (Venice 1589 &c.), two in Bodl. Libr., MS Seld. supra 102*, fols. 9, 10, taken from 8º A. 14 Art. Seld. (Aristotle, vol. 3, Venice 1560), eight in Bodl. Libr., MS Savile Q. 5 (Cologne, 1578), nineteen in Eton College, MS 218, taken from Gi. 6. 1–10* (Aristotle, Venice 1560), one in Cambridge, Magdalen Coll. H. 17. 33 (J. Cuiacus, Cologne 1588, ‘B. Jesop’ s. xvi/xvii).