Host Volume

Oxford: Magdalen College, H.11.4

Publication Details
Type of host
printed book retaining early binding
Author of volume

Joannes Baptista Bernardus

Title of volume

Thesaurus Rhetoricae

Bibliographical reference for printing

USTC 814073

Publication

Venice: 'haeredes Melchioris Sesae', 1599

Binding Information
Binding style
limp vellum, varnished
Binding detail

Sewn on four. As well as the manuscript pastedowns, at front a printed flyleaf, formed of a near-complete opening from the edition of Alexander of Hales printed at Oxford by Theodoric Rood (1481) [ISTC ia00382000], presumably from one of the five copies that Magdalen bought on publication

Place of binding

Oxford?

Date range for binding

1599 x 1614

Hosting Information
Number of fragments

2

Number of manuscripts represented

1

Further Information
Provenance
  • Robert Willoughby (1569-1641), fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford from c. 1593 to 1614, during which time he gave this book to the College: 'ex dono Roberti Willughbye eiusdem Collegii socij.'
Author: David Rundle_
List of Fragments
Oxford Magdalen H.11.4 (2)
Oxford: Magdalen College, H.11.4 2
Oxford Magdalen H.11.4 (1)
Oxford: Magdalen College, H.11.4 1