380 381 382 383 384 by the 7 penitential psalms and Litany, the volume ending with the prayer, 'Fidelium Deus omnium conditor et redemptor, &c.' The rubricks are throughout in French. Dd. vi. 63. A duodecimo, on paper, of 94 leaves. A NOTE-BOOK of Castel, formerly Professor of Arabic. See Dd. vi. 4. Dd. vi. 64. See Catalogue of Oriental MSS. Dd. vi. 65. A duodecimo, on paper, of 13 leaves. Containing 8 sacred allegories, with explanations of the 1st and 4th appended, written apparently in the xvIIth century. The heading is Begins, f. 1a: 'RATIONES STILI.' Loquimur sapientiam &c. 1 Cor. ii. 6. Talis erat... Ends, f. 136: ad Dei laudes percelebrandum. Dd. vI. 66. See Catalogue of Oriental MSS. Dd. VI. 67. A small duodecimo volume, on paper, not older than the middle of the XVIIth century, consisting of 49 leaves, of which the last 12 are blank, unpaged, very partially filled up, and having from one to twenty-nine lines in a page, blank pages and leaves occurring up and down irregularly. CENSURE DE GRECIS ET ROMANIS POETIS, PHILOSOPHIS, ALIISQUE SCRIPTORIBUS TUM ANTIQUIS TUM RECENTIORIBUS. Begins (fol. 1, verso): De Patribus Censuræ. Vid. Heins. Orat. 7. p. 88. Ends (f. 37 verso) with the criticisms of Quintilian on Menander, the last citation being fulgore quodam suæ claritatis tenebras obduxit. (Quintil. Inst. Orat. Lib. x. c. 1.) 385 The work contains criticisms on many of the classics, on a few of the On the back of the last leaf is written, 'Rob. Henley his mark.' Dd. vi. 68. An oblong paper book, in quarto, 187 leaves, bound up with A LAW INDEX from 'Abbe' to 'Remander.' On the last leaf, 'Frances Backer.' Temp. Jas. I. A small duodecimo, on paper, ill written and full of unmeaning ADVERSARIA ALEXANDRI Ros. 1. A collection of Proverbs in French and Latin. fol. 3. Hante les gens de bien et imite leurs mœurs, et fui la compagnie des 3. 4. Compendium in Porphyrianam Isagogen.' fol. 11. ·Aphorismi in quinque predicabilia à M. Tho. Gordon The title given at the end, fol. 27 b, followed by a Series accidentium 5. Primus locus de præcognitione et præcognitis quæ ad 6. De scientia de que iis quæ scientiæ sunt opposita et affinia The title given at the end. Finis. per me Alexandrum Ros. decimo nono Aprilis 1611, fol. 74; after 387 Dd. vi. 70. A duodecimo, on paper, of 138 leaves. NOTES OF SERMONS preached, apparently, by Mr Crispe, Mr Wilson, &c.; one page bearing the date 1634. Written from both ends, very irregularly and illegibly. The handwriting of the greater part is probably the same as that of Dd. vi. 47; but the last few leaves are different. On the fly-leaf at the beginning the words 'Sarah Wilson her booke. Amen,' are twice written. A 12mo, on vellum, containing ff. 248, with 14 lines in each. page. It has rich borders and illuminations. There are catchwords after every 8th leaf. Executed in France in the xvth century. HORE BEATE MARIE VIRGINIS. On the inside of the cover at the beginning is written: Né le 29 Aoust 1584. Ne differas in crastinum quod hoc die fecisse possis. And on f. 1: Que pour le peche de la pomme Le verbe Dieu s'estoit faict homme. The next two leaves are blank; then follow 12 containing the Kalendar. Martius humores gignit variosque dolores Vena nec abdenda nec potio sit tribuenda. After the Kalendar follow the lections, St John i. 1—14, St Luke i. 26-38, St Matth. ii. 1-12, St Mark xvi. 14-20. The Hours begin f. 22, preceded by a vignette of the Annunciation, and end f. 74. The contents of the rest of the book are as follows: f. 74 b. Officium B. M. V. in vesperis primi sabbati de adventu ad vigi- 83. Hora Passionis Domini nostri, the beginning being lost. 117. Septem Psalmi Pœnitentiales cum Letania, with a vignette of 145. Hora Sancti Spiritus, with a vignette of the day of Pentecost. 148 b. Officium Mortuorum, with the usual vignette. 202. Quindecim Psalmi cum Letania Defunctorum. 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And ending in the third chapter with an extract relating to 'Hanibal.' Francis Heerman lived at Amsterdam in the earlier part of the xvith century. His 'Guldene Annotatien" is mentioned in Jocher's Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexicon, ii. 1538. 2. Scattered over many pages of paper at the other end of the book are the HERALDIC NOTES of some student. Amongst them are the bearings of the different kingdoms of Spain. On the fly-leaf at this end of the book Nasmyth read: 'El libro de Don Phelipe Ayres Mayor-domo del excellentissimo Senior Embascador de Ingelterra in Esta Corte de Madrid a 30 de Genero de 1666.' This inscription is now almost hidden by the leaf having been carelessly pasted to the cover. Bound up with No. 391. A small paper book, written about 1635. A MEMORANDUM BOOK. It appears to have belonged to the steward or agent of a nobleman, and contains, among many other particulars, notes of prices and of payments. 391-393 394 395 396 Dd. VI. 74-76. See Catalogue of Oriental MSS. 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