Fragmenta Manuscripta 204: Chronogram
Information About This Item
Title
Fragmenta Manuscripta 204: Chronogram
Date
1650 - 1699
Description
Contents: Pertains to the battle of Dunbar, 3 September 1650.
Number of scribes, f. 1r-v: 1.
Script: Humanistic
Script: Humanistic
Notes: The capital letters, when taken as roman numerals, should add up to 1650, the date of the Battle of Dunbar (but seem to add only to 1645?).
Relation
McC. Gatch, Milton. “‘Fragmenta Manuscripta and Varia’ at Missouri and Cambridge.” Transactions of the Cambridge Bibliographical Society 9, no. 5 (1990): 434–75. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41154792.
Is Referenced By
Digital Scriptorium: https://search.digital-scriptorium.org/catalog/DS10277
Identifier
Fragmenta Manuscripta 204
Provenance
John Bagford (1650s-1716) to St. Martin-in-the-Fields; sale 1861 to Sir Thomas Phillipps, n.15758; his sale 22 May, 1913, lot 742; Sir Sydney Cockerell (1867-1962) sale Sotheby's 3 April, 1957; William Salloch (Ossining NY) Cat. 258 (1968) to U. Missouri.
Contributor
John Sictor, exile
Format
Paper - 108 x 182 mm
Language
Latin
Type
manuscript fragment
Coverage
Scotland