DR. ADAM CLARKE, F.S.A., M.R. I.A., &c., &c., &c., ILLUSTRATED BY FACSIMILES OF CURIOUS ILLUMINATIONS, DRAWINGS, &c, BY J. B. B. CLARKE, TRIN. COLL. CAMB. Video possessores Codicum, nescio quo amore antiquitatis abreptos, plerum- LONDON: JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET. MDCCCXXXV. ΤΟ MY WIFE, AND MY FRIEND, BY WHOSE SKILL THE ILLUSTRATIONS OF THIS VOLUME HAVE BEEN ORIGINALLY DRAWN, AND BY WHOSE TASTE AND PATIENCE MANY OF THE MSS. HEREIN DESCRIBED HAVE BEEN RAISED TO THEIR PRESENT STATE OF BEAUTIFUL RESTORATION,― IS THIS WORK DEDICATED, WITH ENTIRE AFFECTION, AND WITH HIGH REGARD, BY THE AUTHOR. WITH the exception of a very few Volumes, the whole of the Manuscripts, of which a Historical Catalogue is now given to the Public, was collected by my Father, Dr. Adam Clarke, during occupations of unceasing and absorbing mental labor peculiarly unfavourable to such an object;-but a Wise Man's eyes wander into every part, and a watchful, and determined, and skilful Collector can overcome all obstacles, and is capable of realizing almost incredible results. It will be seen that no attempt had been made by my Father to form a Collection with reference to particular portions of Literature or Science; hence, no Classification of the MSS. has been made, farther than dividing them into European and Oriental, the subjects being so miscellaneous that subdivisions, according to the contents of each Manuscript, would have been inconveniently and uselessly numerous. In the EUROPEAN Department, the MSS. connected with the History and Heraldry of England, and of the Low Countries, &c., are particularly interesting b |