Farfel Notebook 08: Leaves 499-571

he died at age 55 is remarkable + although he built his theology on the foundations laid by Luther, Bucer + other, early reformers "his peculiar gifts of learning, of logic, + of style made him pre-eminently the theologian of the new religion." (Ency Brit.) -This work was translated into English some years after its first appearance by A. Golding whose translation was published at London in 1571 - Calvin's exhaustive exposition of the Psalms, 1st published in 1557/ Each psalm is given in Latin + Hebrew + is followed by a lengthy commentary. Calvin had great interest in the Psalms he directed the preparation of the Geneva Psalter of 1562, + favoured their congregational singing which becaem a characteristic mark of the Huguenots in France + the Presbyterians in Scotland + the New World. - Calvin's commentary on the psalms is one of the last + rarest of his evegetical works, completed 6 or 7 years before his death Calvin was greatly attracted to the psalms, he directed the preparation of the Geneva Psalter of 1562 + though generally opposed ot hymn singing encourage the congregational chanting of the psalms. THis became a hallmark of Calvinistic Protestantism which was adopted by the Presbyterians in Scotland the Huguenots in France + the Puritans in the New World.

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Scriptures Historiae Augustae Venice: Joannes Rubeus Vercellensis, 15 July 1490. See #472 f0 P (of 6) marked 87 Ref: Goff S-342 HC 12563 Polain (B) 3474 BMC V 417 Pr 5127 Copy: HEHL, Harv CL, LC, New L, YUL, Liege Univ.

Eutropius Ca V Ca VI Libri vii Ca %

a-c8 d-k6; A8 B-Q6 R8 172 leaves. 66 blank 8a: 54 lines 222x140mm. Capital spaces. This ed. was begun by Rubeus before Oct. 1489 + interupted at the end of quire C, some copies being completed by Rizus. Types: 82R (P2) small text type with single Qu. Dot of i to right of shaft. In use throughout. S leans slightly to left. 82 Gk - lower case only. In use 1488-90 (citations) Albertinus Vercellensis (brother).

Fnc. 64 (k4) v0 explicit - end of Suetonii Fnc. 66 begins Aelius Spartianus.

Scriptores Historiae Augustae - 1st ed. Goff S-340 Milan: Philippus de Lavagnia -1475 HEHL 43376 rubricated in brown ink similar to my leaf, but no marginalia present. my leaf P1 (of 6) part of Eutropii uiri clarisimi de gestis romanorum libersextus - headline until then book 10. Total Ca 1-6 begins O6 (of 6) Liber VII Total ca 1-12 Pauli Diaconi de gestis romarorum historia ab urbe condita to book 18. (Total)

- Historia Augusta - biographies of emperors between The Ancient Historians - Michael Grant 117 + 284. The authorship + date of this wretched Latin compilation are disputed. But it was certainly not published earlier than the 2nd half of the 4th C. The original title of the work is unknown. But in any case it is fraudulent fiction + must be called pasticle rather than history." - A life of Hadrian forms part of the Historia Augusta. fl. 363-370 A.D. - Eutropius - 4th C Roman hisotrian, protege of the emperors Julian + Valens; at the command of tha latter he composed a compendium of Roman history, Breviarum historiae Romanae* in 10 books, from the beginning of the accession of Valems. It is not particularly valuable as a source. THe Latin is very pure from a classical point of view. It was formerly used as a textbook of Latin. Valens (364-78) Roman emperor of the East, brother of Flavius Valentinianus I. *an abbreviation of Roman history, considerably expanded by the important medieval writer Paulus Diaconus. (Paul the Deacon) c. 720 - c. 799 His History of the Lombards was issued in print for the 1st time fol. Paris, Jod. Badius Ascensius, 1514.

Eutropius history of Rome, beginning with Romulus + extending to his own time in the 3rd quarter of the 4th C, neatly met a demand among Roman citizens for a summary history of the empire, + it enjoyed an immediate + lasting success. Eutropius text was augmented in the 8th C by Paul the Deacon with material derived from Orosius, Jerome + others + extended to the time of Justinian.

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Cotton Mather (1663-1728) (The Great Works of Christ in America) Magnalia Christi americana See #510 London: Pritned for Thomas Parkhurst at the Bible + Three Crowns in Cheapside, 1702. f0 Ref: Holmes #213 A. Grolier American 100 #6 Church 806 Copy: Stanford KC 1702 M35f, PML, NYPL, Yale Howes M391

In Seven books. my leaf Eeeeee4 (0f 4) Book VI p. 37 + 38. An Appendix, containing an History of Criminals, executed for Capital Crimes; with their Dying Speeches Book VI Aaaaaa-LLLLLL4, Mmmmmm2

"An Exact Mapp of New England + New York."

First American ed. from the London ed. of 1702 in 2 vol. Hartford, Published by Silas Andrus. 8^0 Roberts + Burr, Pritners, 1820 Vol II was Printed by S. Converse - New Haven

T. Parkhurst - bookseller in London - 1653-1711. -called "the most eminent Presbyterian bookseller in the 3 Kingdons" - in 1703 was chosen Master of the Company of Stationers.

C. Mather is generally considered the most sompetant colonial writer of his time. Most of his works are today forgotten. Best known is perhaps the Magmalia - a hodgepodge of information concurring the ecclesiastical history of New England.

Magnalia - contains a history of the settlement of New England, biographies of eminent men, a history of Harvard College, reports on the New England churches + their controversies, + a description of divine providences. Mather began the Magnalia in 1693 + had largely finished it by 1696. The Magnalia was an effort ot confirm the certainty that Christ would triumph in America. Like his fore bears, C. Mather had a vision of New England as a theocratic Eden where piety dominated all lives, but he lived in an increasingly secular age, amid congrations that welcomed the weakening of the Puritan Way.

Book VI Thaumaturgus: Vel Liber Memorabilium. Chapt. 1 p. 3 (begins) Chapt. 5 p. 23 (begins) I - XII p. 49 ends Chapt. 7 p. 88 ends (Mmmmmm1)

Few New Englanders had an ancestry brighter or more godly than Cotton Mather's. His grandfathers, Richard Mather + John Cotton were founders of the New England church + state. His father, Increase, was President of Harvard + the most celebrated divine in New England. - Magnalia Christi Americana was printed in London but the errata leaf, a bifolium was printed in Boston in 1702 + tipped into only a few copies of the book. It's very rare.