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Reference code
O./10a.7
Title
Manuscript translation by Charles William King of Mamertinus' panegyric to Julian and a monody on the death of Constantine II by an unknown author
Date(s)
- 1874-1875 (Creation)
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Item
Extent and medium
1 vol., in red boards; c 243 x 155 x 22 mm. Flyleaf, then 168 ff [foliated by King to 164, due to a couple of doubled numbers].
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Name of creator
(1818-1888)
Biographical history
C. W. King was born on 4 September 1818 at Newport in Monmouthshire and entered Trinity College in 1836. He graduated with first class honours in the Classical Tripos of 1840 and was elected a Fellow of Trinity in 1842. He remained a Fellow all his life… read more
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Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Bequeathed by C.W. King.
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Scope and content
Signed by King and dated 'Jan. 26 1875' on flyleaf. Contents of volume written on verso of flyleaf: '1. Mamertinus, Oration to Julian, upon his nomination to the consulship. P. 123 [in fact, f. 127 due to mis-numbering by King] Monody upon the death of… read more
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Preferred form of reference
O.10a.7