IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0117 MS/17
Held at: Royal Society
Title: 'De ormesta mundi' by Orosius
Date(s): 15th century
Level of description: sub-fonds
Extent: 1 item
Name of creator(s): Orosius | Paulus | [375-418] | Christian historian, theologian and disciple of St. Augustine
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Administrative/Biographical history:
Paulus Orosius was a Christian historian, theologian and disciple of St. Augustine who came from Gallaecia. He wrote Historiarum Adversum Paganos Libri VII ("Seven Books of History Against the Pagans"), which he wrote in response to the belief that the decline of the Roman Empire was the result of its adoption of Christianity.
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'De ormesta mundi' by Orosius, some 16th century marginalia, Pauli Orosii Historiarum libri septem.
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Language/scripts of material: Latin
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Single item.
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Open
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No publication without written permission. Apply to Archivist in the first instance.
Physical characteristics:
Codex membranaceus, size 8.5 x 6 inches, 143ff.
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
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Archivist's note: Copied from the Royal Society catalogue by Sarah Drewery.
Date(s) of descriptions: Feb 2009.