The January 2021 provenance mystery features Epistola, qua hanc explicat quaestionem, an corpus Christi propter coniunctionem cum uerbo inseparabilem, alienas à corpore conditiones sibi sumat … by Joachim Vadianus (1484-1551), printed in Zurich in 1539. Vadianus was a Swiss religious reformer and early humanist, who spent many years in Vienna, studying, writing and teaching. He was an important figure in the Swiss Reformation.
In the work featured here, our mystery concerns some interesting notes contained within the end leaves.
Our Archivist, Barnaby Bryan, has transcribed the first set as:
To knowe of my wife whether the font or
[??ave any comaundement to Morice H
[?]o paye parte to [Mrs?] Elizabeth Jones
[?]o bringe with me the lease that [?] [?]
[?] her mother in lawe to London
[Rest?] to bring Morice Hughes lease &
[???]
[? – Could it be abbreviation for item?] to looke in Polidore in Rufi Vita
What the cause was of the expulsion
Of Anselm owte of England
[Item again?] to searche for the iudgement of the
Learned [?!] [penatu??] in [?? Shury??] [Sane?]
The second set (which are found at the back of the book) have not been transcribed yet. Are both sets the same hand? What could the scribe have been trying to convey about his wife and/or Elizabeth Jones?
As ever, any ideas or clues can be address to the Librarian: r.satterley@middletemple.org.uk
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