6-502: Excerpta (Latin for "excerpts") may refer to: Excerpta Barocciana , extracts from Late Antique church historians found in Codex Baroccianus 142 Excerpta Constantiniana , 53-volume Greek anthology of excerpts from historians Excerpta Latina Barbari , 8th-century Latin translation of a 5th- or early 6th-century Greek chronicle Excerpta Sangallensia , extracts from
12-573: A Late Antique fasti made by Walafrid Strabo in the 830s Excerpta Valesiana , compilation of two fragmentary Latin chronicles Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Excerpta . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Excerpta&oldid=1126937889 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
18-497: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Codex Baroccianus Baroccianus is an adjective applied to manuscripts indicating an origin in the Baroccianum , a Venetian collection assembled by the humanist Francesco Barozzi (Barocius). A large part of that collection was sold after the death of Iacopo Barozzi or Barocci (1562–1617), nephew and heir to Francesco; and
24-480: The fall of Constantinople . Subsequently Francesco's nephew, Iacopo Barozzi, inherited and enriched it. The Earl of Pembroke's purchase cost him £700; his donation was bound in 242 volumes. He was persuaded to make the deal and gift by William Laud . Some remaining manuscripts from the collection were given by Oliver Cromwell in 1654. Both Pembroke and Cromwell were Chancellor of the University of Oxford at
30-734: The purchase by William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke led in turn to his donation in 1629 of a substantial collection of Greek manuscripts from the Baroccianum to the Bodleian Library . The designation Codex Baroccianus followed by a number is an indication that a manuscript is in the Bodleian Catalogue and has its provenance in this donation. It is a collection that brings together mathematical, literary and theological texts. Inside there are works or modifications by Barozzi or Barocci; some pieces are originals saved after
36-538: The time of their gifts. In fact the manuscripts of Barozzi were already with Laud: they had been brought to England by Henry Featherstone in 1628. Featherstone acted as agent for the Bodleian, from 1621. The origins of the Oxford University Press are connected with Laud's plan to have these manuscripts edited and published, even though it took around 40 years and the efforts of John Fell to take
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