Addenda and Corrigenda
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Membra disiecta
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Saturday, 19 May 2018
An Effaced Ink Stamp Deciphered
Two years ago I wrote about a prayerbook that had belonged to Henry Yates Thompson. I mentioned that it had an inscription apparently in Portuguese, but I did not reproduce it, except as transcribed by M.R. James:
I also did not mention, because I was unable to read it, that the inscription is adjacent to a thoroughly-effaced ink-stamp. But with some more time and effort I think I have been able to read both, and thus see how they relate to one another.
Saturday, 12 May 2018
Pietro Ursuleo - An Attribution Confirmed
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Sunday, 6 May 2018
The Provenance of the NYPL-Duke Bible
[Continued from the previous post]
Before turning to its origin, what is known about the later provenances of the Duke and NYPL volumes? In brief, they are as follows: