COLLECTION NAME:
Manuscripts
Record
Identifier:
MS683
Title:
TACITUS, ANNALS
Description:
Tacitus, Annals, book one. An English translation.
Description:
Limp vellum binding. 335 x 235 mm. Paper leaves. Front cover incribed: 'An essay of the translation of Livy 1st booke'. This is corrected in another hand [?possibly that of William Sancroft Archbishop of Canterbury], indicating that the the work is by Tacitus.
Description:
John-Mark Philo, "Elizabeth I’s Translation of Tacitus: Lambeth Palace Library, MS 683", in 'The Review of English Studies', Nov 2019, available at: https://doi.org/10.…
This argues that the translation was undertaken by Elizabeth I, that the text is written in a scribal hand of the 1590s but with corrections and additions in the Queen's hand.
This argues that the translation was undertaken by Elizabeth I, that the text is written in a scribal hand of the 1590s but with corrections and additions in the Queen's hand.
Date:
Late 16th century-Early 17th century
Language:
English
Rights:
LPL