exploring lists in all their possibilities
Oxford, Bodleian Library Tanner MS 407, f. 41
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by Martha Rust
Glints of military power, papal ambition, international politics, vast wealth, and far-flung lands flash from a list entitled “This is the Copy of þe Presentacyon of þe Lordys of Venysse Send to þe Pope anno Christi 1464.” Continue reading “A Venetian Wish List of 1464”
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by Martha Rust
The Ile of Sypre [Cyprus] is abowte …. cc myle.[1]
The Ile of Rodes [Rhodes] is abowte …. clxxx myle.
The Ile of Lainge [Langeland] is abowte ….. lxxx myle.
The Ile of Negrepountis [Euboea] is abowte …. ccc myle.
The Ile of Cecilia [Sicily] is abowte …. vii c myle.
The Ile of Sardyne [Sardinia] is abowte …. vii c myle
The Ile of Mayorke [Majorca] is abowte …. cc myle
The Ile of Gret Bretayne [Great Britain] is abowte …. ml. ml. myle.
The Ile of Selandys [Zealand] is abowte …. ml. vii c myles.
The Principalite of Murrey [Peloponnese] is abowte …. vii c myles.
Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Tanner 407, f. 37v
Reproduced with permission of the Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
by Martha Rust
Sometime in the fifteenth century, one Robert Reynes of Acle of the county of Norfolk devoted a page in his commonplace book to two lists having to do with islands.[1] Continue reading “On Islands, Part 1, and … Listology celebrates its first anniversary!”
