Contents: (1) Notes on rhetoric and Latin grammar; (2) Quotations from classical authors, summaries of works of Aristotle, etc., namely: f.4, "Eloquentia nihil aliud nisi dicendi prudentia", etc; f.13, "In laudem eloquentiae"; f.14, "Laus Italiae, Virg. Georg. 2do fol.57", etc., followed by notes on the parts of rhetoric, with examples from classical authors; ff.150-161, "Aristotelis Topicorum libri 1-3"; f.168, "Aristotelis Elenchorum liber 1"; f.178, "Aristotelis De moribus quae Ethica nominantur, liber 1-2"; f.228v, "De historiarum lectione, ex Stanislao Hosio"; f.230, "De veterum romanorum nominibus"; ff.260-269, "Aristotelis de Republica, sive Politicorum liber primus (-secundus)", etc.; f.365v, "De amore, e Cardano"; f.366, "E Cardano de uxore ducenda"; f.382, "E Carolo Sigonio, Dialogus"; f.385, "Iliados Homeri liber primus. Argumentum" (with a list of synonyms taken from book 1).
Miscellany notebook, containing extracts from Latin writings, mainly classical, notes on rhetoric and grammar, and translations from Aristotle
This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections
- Reference
- GB 206 Ripon Cathedral MS 13
- Dates of Creation
- 16th century
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 vol. (496 ff.) Bound in leather with some tooling. Modern pencil foliation. Many leaves are blank. On f.270, in the handwriting of Anthony Higgin, is the heading "Explicatio Sti. Pauli ad Phil. incepta in ecclesia Kirck-Dightoniensi Maij 27o Anno dni 1593." - the rest of the page is blank. Inscribed on f.1r: "Ambrosius Copingerus est huius libri verus possessor" and on f.2r: "Anthonius Higgin ex dono mri Amb. Copinger". Signatures of Henry Constable and Ambrose Copinger on flyleaves
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
The principal compiler of the notebook is unknown
Access Information
Access is unrestricted
Acquisition Information
From the library of Anthony Higgin, Dean of Ripon (1608-1624)
Note
In Latin
Custodial History
Formerly in the library of Ambrose Copinger, d.1603/4