Skakkariōlogia, or A description of the originall order and manner of administration of all transactions in both Cheqrs. ... [manuscript], early 18th century / written 447 yeeres sithence in the reigne of King Henry the Second in Latine ... by Gervasius Tilburiensis ; and now translated into English for the publi[que] good by ... W.B. Gent.
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Title
Skakkariōlogia, or A description of the originall order and manner of administration of all transactions in both Cheqrs. ... [manuscript], early 18th century / written 447 yeeres sithence in the reigne of King Henry the Second in Latine ... by Gervasius Tilburiensis ; and now translated into English for the publi[que] good by ... W.B. Gent.
Uniform title
Dialogus de Scaccario. English
Description
[4], 141 p. ; 33 x 21 cm
Associated name
Scope and content
A fair copy of an early translation of the celebrated medieval treatise on the Exchequer, the Dialogus de Scaccario.
Language Note
English translation from Latin.
Note
Skakkariōlogia in Greek script.
According to the title page, the manuscript derives from a translation made no later than 1636 (i.e. 447 years after the death of Henry II) and probably in about 1623 (i.e. 447 years after the date usually assigned to the Dialogus). Based on handwriting and the Pro Patria watermark, it would appear the present copy was written after 1700. The presence of a biographical note on Gervase and absence of any mention of the work of Thomas Madox, who in 1711 demonstrated that the author was not Gervase by Richard Fitzneale, suggests that this manuscript dates from before 1711.
According to the title page, the manuscript derives from a translation made no later than 1636 (i.e. 447 years after the death of Henry II) and probably in about 1623 (i.e. 447 years after the date usually assigned to the Dialogus). Based on handwriting and the Pro Patria watermark, it would appear the present copy was written after 1700. The presence of a biographical note on Gervase and absence of any mention of the work of Thomas Madox, who in 1711 demonstrated that the author was not Gervase by Richard Fitzneale, suggests that this manuscript dates from before 1711.
Binding information
Contemporary reversed calf binding, with clasps and catches. Covers tooled in blind and lettered "Gervasius Tilburiensis."
Genre/form
Call number
W.b.656
Folger accession
MS Add 578