By Elissa B.G. Mullins If you, dear readers, recall with interest our earlier blog post on the Eikōn basilikē of King Charles the First, we now invite you to turn your attention to a newly re-cataloged manuscript containing a belated epitaph (in both Latin and English) for one Colonel John Penruddock (Post-1650 MS 0824). The […]
Category: Latin
Epitaph for Colonel John Penruddock: Manuscript
May 12, 2025
Hymni heroici tres
February 19, 2025
By Elissa B.G. Mullins Open a vellum binding, blind-stamped and splayed with age, to discover a rare edition of Giovanni Francesco Pico della Mirandola’s Hymni heroici tres, printed in Leipzig in 1514 by Melchior Lotter (who, three years later, printed the first edition of Martin Luther’s Ninety-five Theses). The library’s copy (Call Number: Q. 875.1 […]