Reference code
DWL/RB/v.137
Other numbers
former reference:Treatises, v.6
Level of description
item
Title
Latin acrostic on William Bates
Date
undated
Extent and Medium
Extent:ff 6-7 (f 6v and f 7v are blank) 300 x 186 mm.
Genre/Physical Characteristic:w/m: post horn in a crowned shield: 70 x 45 mm
Creator
Scope and content
In quarto by an unknown hand. The acrostics make the words 'Vivat Bates' and 'Vive diu'.
‘Vt splendens Adamas Orientis lectus in oris,’ f 7r: ‘Joannes Georgius Metzler palatinus Ph: Mag: et S.S.Th. Candid.’
'Viro Admodum Reverendo, pietate, doctrina ac eruditione celeberrimo Domino Doctori. BATES Sacro Sanctae.Theologiae: Doctori dignissimo, Domino Suo omni animi observantia colendo. Salutem ac prosperitatem perpetuam a Deo Optimo Maximo: pecatur'.
Finding aids
Argent / Black v.137 (also listed as v.6); Thomas p.25
Publication note
See Physiologus: A Medieval Book of Nature Lore(University of Chicago Press, 2009) translated by Michael J Curley.
Personal name