Archaionōmia, sive, De priscis Anglorum legibus libri : sermone Anglico, vetustate antiquissimo, aliquot ab hinc seculis conscripti, nunc demum, magno jurisperitorum, & amantium antiquitatis omnium commodo, ètenebris in lucem vocati

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Bibliographic Details
OCLC:12711303
Corporate Author: England and Wales
Other Authors: Lambarde, William, 1536-1601, Nowell, Laurence, 1530-approximately 1570, Twysden, Roger, Sir, 1597-1672, Wheelocke, Abraham, 1593-1653
Language:Latin
Old English
Published: Cantabrigiae : Ex officina Rogeri Daniel ..., 1644.
Series:Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 7:16.
Wing ; A3605.
Subjects:
Law, Anglo-Saxon.
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Monograph Microform

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Item Description:First word in title transliterated from Greek.
The laws from Ina to Canute, inclusive, and Canones Aelfrici have parallel texts in Anglo-Saxon and Latin.
"This collection was originally made by Lawrence Nowell, who going abroad in 1657 [i.e. 1557?], left it to Lambarde to translate and publish"--Clarke, Bibliotheca legum.
The "Praefatio" to "Leges Willielmi Conquestoris et Henrici fillii ejus" signed: Roger Twysden.
"Ad lectorem" signed: Abrahamus Whelocus.
Errata: p. [9] at end.
Includes index.
Marginal notes.
Physical Description:[17], 152, [2], 153-226, [9] pages : map.

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