MS. Add. D. 1

Summary Catalogue no.: 28751

History of Europe, from the time of Julius Caesar to the beginning of the 16th century

Structured as a series of successive class biographies or accounts of:

(fol. 1)

Popes

(fol. 62v)

Emperors and Kings

(fol. 93)

Heretics

(fol. 97)

Councils

(fol. 101v)

Saints

(fol. 136v)

Religious Orders

(fol. 141v)

Philosophers and learned men

(fol. 171v)

Generals

(fol. 182)

Emperors or Kings

With an alphabetical index of names

It ends abruptly in an account of Andreas Contarenus at the words 'vt Vngarie tegi vsque'

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: paper

Extent: xviii + 240 leaves

Dimensions (binding): 14.375 × 10.375 in.

Catchwords: ad decennium

History

Origin: c. 1520 ; Italy, North

Provenance and Acquisition

Purchased for 5s at Sotheby's on 20-21 June 1860, lot 142, along with eight other manuscripts 'formerly in the archives of two princely Roman families'

Record Sources

Description adapted (June 2025) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1905)

Summary Catalogue, Vol. 5, p. 504

Summary Catalogue, Vol. 5, p. 505

Abbreviations

View list of abbreviations and editorial conventions.

Last Substantive Revision

2025-06-05: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1924)

A catalogue of Western manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries and selected Oxford colleges