MS. Bodl. 587
Summary Catalogue no.: 2359
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Presented by Thomas Twyne in 1612.
MS. Bodl. 587 – Part 1 (fols. 1-57)
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Language(s): Latin
The later rubric 'Gunthorpi Rhetorica' (by Brian Twyne) misled the Summary Catalogue regarding the authorship of these items, for which see Marie Schütt, 'Bishop Gunthorpe', The Modern Language Review, Vol. 23, No. 1 (Jan., 1928), pp. 43-44.
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Written by John Free.
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MS. Bodl. 587 – Part 2 (fols 58-93)
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Five or more orationes legatinae of Gunthorpe when English ambassador abroad: two are dated Oct. 23, 1466 and July 8, 1465. These are unfinished but revised copies.
At fol. 94a are some English notes of stories illustrating the Decalogue (16th cent.).
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Fols. 58-93 written by John Gunthorpe.
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MS. Bodl. 587 – Part 3 (fols. 95-136)
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Language(s): Latin
Followed by some recipes (fol. 120v) and a treatise 'de vinis medicinalibus ', perhaps by the same author.
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MS. Bodl. 587 – Part 4 (fols. 137-190)
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Language(s): Latin
Notes of lectures on Virgil, Horace, Terence etc.
Copies of some letters from John Phreas or Free, followed by some diagrams, some of them published in the Journal of Comparative Literature, vol. i, no. 1, Jan. 1903.
Lecture notes, as fols. 137-55.
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MS. Bodl. 587 – Part 5 (fols. 191-200)
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Two bulls, one dated Jan. 14, 1459/60, the other imperfect at end, both against the Turks. Foll. 202-3 are some 17th cent. medical notes pasted in.
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Written by the scribe 'V.f.L.' who worked for John Tiptoft.
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2024-09: Description revised to incorporate all information in printed catalogues.