'De ormesta mundi' by Orosius

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0117 MS/17
Held at	: Royal Society   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://royalsociety.org/collections/ ›
Full title	: 'De ormesta mundi' by Orosius
Date(s)	: 15th century
Level of description	: Sub-fonds
Extent	: 1 item
Name of creator(s)	: Orosius | Paulus | [375-418] | Christian historian, theologian and disciple of St. Augustine
Detailed catalogue	: Click here to view repository detailed catalogue

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Paulus Orosius was a Christian historian, theologian and disciple of St. Augustine who came from Gallaecia. He wrote Historiarum Adversum Paganos Libri VII ("Seven Books of History Against the Pagans"), which he wrote in response to the belief that the decline of the Roman Empire was the result of its adoption of Christianity.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

'De ormesta mundi' by Orosius, some 16th century marginalia, Pauli Orosii Historiarum libri septem.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
Latin

System of arrangement:

Single item.

Conditions governing access:

Open

Conditions governing reproduction:

No publication without written permission. Apply to Archivist in the first instance.

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Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Copied from the Royal Society catalogue by Sarah Drewery.

Rules or conventions:
General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions:
Feb 2009.