Shelfmark
P.Rox.1929
Main entry--uniform title
De rebus in Oriente mirabilibus.
Title
Marvels of the East : a full reproduction of the three known copies / with introduction and notes by Montague Rhodes James.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Oxford : Printed for the Roxburghe Club by J. Johnson, at the University Press, 1929.
Physical description
viii, 62 p., [45] leaves of plates : facsims. ; 33 cm.
Series statement
(Roxburghe Club)
Note
Facsimile.
Note
20th century dark brown leather quarter-binding, with cloth covered boards; gilt top-edge.
Formatted contents note
Contents: Preface -- Introduction: The manuscripts -- Sources and date of the text -- Note: The kalendar in Bodl. 614 -- Marvels of the East : the text in Latin [from Tiberius B.V. and Bodl. 614]-- Notes -- The Epistola Premonis, etc. [from Farral's text in Romania, 1914] --The letter of Fermes and extracts by Gervase of Tilbury -- Description of the pictures -- Facsimiles: Vitellius A. xv, ff. 98b-106b ; Tiberius B.V., ff. 78b-87b ; Bodley 614, ff. 36-51.
Provenance
Circular Eton bookplate on front pastedown.
Provenance
M. R. James's copy.
Subject
De rebus in Oriente mirabilibus.
Subject
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern) Facsimiles.
Subject
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval.
Added entry--name
James, M.R. (Montague Rhodes), 1862 - 1936 editor, former owner.
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Added entry--place
England Oxford.
Language code
lat eng
Identifier
B44651