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Date(s)
- [c. 1590] / (Creation)
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File
Extent and medium
ii, 359 ff. (ff. i-ii, 358-359 are later flyleaves) ; 165 x 105 mm. (upper and lower edges slightly cropped).
Rebound, [19 cent., first ½], in brown leather covers with rolls in blind on front and back; 'PHILOSOPHIA UNIVERSA' and 'PORKINGTON LIBRARY' stamped in gold on red leather labels on spine, enclosed by double gold fillets; 'M.S. 36' stamped in gold on spine.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
Signatures of Richard Lyster (d. 1697) of Moynes Court, Monmouthshire, and his second wife, Sarah (née Hughes), on f. 357 verso (see also Brogyntyn MS II.15).
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
A Latin treatise on universal philosophy, [c. 1590], attributed to R. D. Arrowsmith (f. 1), whose identity has not been further established: 'Tractatus In vniuersam Philosophiam prolectore R. D. Arosmitheo Incipiunt Prolegomina in eadem die mensis Januar[ii] 29' ('1590' added by another hand). First line, 'Philosophiæ: nomine præstantissima rerum omnium cognomine ...'; last line, '... mensurari tempore eas tamen operationes anime separatæ mensurari pronunc temporis discreti' (ff. 1-357 verso).
Marginal glosses have been added by the scribe and another hand of similar date, including the following: 'men are false and so are you/neuer nature fram[']d a creature/to enjoy and then proue true', [17 cent., first ½] (f. 137).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Item: 1.1 Manuscript Volume (Brogyntyn II.20). Action: Condition reviewed. Action identifier: 6032457. Date: 20020917. Authorization: Selected for conservation. Authorizing institution: NLW. Action agent: J. Thomas. Status: Manuscript Volume (Brogyntyn II.20) : Leather at front shoulder of spine broken. Institution: WlAbNL.
Item: 1.2 Manuscript Volume (Brogyntyn II.20). Action: Conserved. Action identifier: 6032457. Date: 20030915. Authorizing institution: NLW. Action agent: D. Williams. Status: Manuscript Volume (Brogyntyn II.20) : Volume rebacked. Institution: WlAbNL.
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Conditions of access and use area
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
Script of material
Language and script notes
Latin.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Some damp damage to ff. 353-357 with subsequent loss of text.
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Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Available on microfilm at the Library.
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Notes area
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Title based on contents.
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Formerly Porkington MS 36.
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Four watermarks: majuscule B within crowned shield (passim), similar to Briquet nos 8068-71 (France, attested 1563-77); three compasses within crowned shield, 'CLAUDE DENISE' on label below (ff. 109, 112), as Briquet no. 1165 (France, 1578x1588); crowned heraldic shield bearing two fleurs-de-lis with 'SAVOIS' on label below (ff. 114-115, 330, 346, 354), and similar but 'M. SAVO[I]S' on label (ff. 336, 339), see Briquet no. 1668 (Troyes, France, first attested 1581).
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Written space limited by a rectangle of four prickings at the top and two prickings at the bottom.
Note
Preferred citation: Brogyntyn MS II.20 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].