An edited transcript of the 'Lentron' Catalogue (c.1644) in St Andrews University Library
Sources for Library History, 2
See also Sources for Library History, 1,3
Description of the MS.
The manuscript here transcribed 1 forms part of the St Andrews University Muniments collection (MS. uyLY105/1). It consists of three sheets measuring approximately 44cm x 33cm, folded to form a gathering of six leaves. The list itself occupies only six unnumbered pages of an available twelve, and is signed at the foot of the sixth page.
The list appears to have been compiled by one of its three co-signatories, David Nevay – presumably a regent or student of St Mary's College (see below). Evidently it is a kind of 'receipt' for books being handed into the care of the incoming Librarian, Thomas Lentron, whose signature is also present. Lentron was, we know, appointed around 1644 and continued in office until 1649.
Origin of the 'Lentron' Catalogue
As explained elsewhere ('A note on the early history of St Andrews University Library'), the University Library proper dates from 1611/12, the nucleus of the collection consisting of donations by the Royal Family and leading figures of the period.
Between 1612 and 1643 the collection was housed in St Mary's College and the duty of looking after it devolved on a regent or student of that college. After 1643 it was transferred to a new location on the site of the old Pedagogy, the completion of building work there having been made possible through the generosity of Alexander Henderson (1583-1646), a former student and regent in the University.
As one of the University Commissioners of 1642 Henderson also helped to establish the office of Librarian as a bursar in St Mary's College, and in or around 1644 Thomas Lentron was appointed to the post. The list here transcribed gives us therefore a glimpse of the state of the Common Library as it survived and had been added to three decades after the Foundation Gift of 1612. 2
The list is entirely unordered, giving the appearance of an inventory of unsorted volumes recently decanted from crates or shelves. It is clear however from marginal jottings (perhaps by Lentron himself) 1 that an attempt would at some stage be made to organise the books into the usual library categories, eg 'p' for 'Patres', 'b' for 'Biblia', 'philol' for 'Philologia' etc. Items marked thus may indeed be seen to re-surface in the 1687 'Fairweather' catalogue arranged along traditional post-mediaeval lines.
Notes on the Transcript
In the transcript which follows I have kept editorial intervention to a minimum, supplying only punctuation where needed (eg to distinguish place of publication from title), and adapting letter case to modern usage.
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Bodlaii bibliotheca Oxoniensis in 4°
Summa angelica in folio
Lavaterus in Josuam in folio
Bullengerus in Danielem in folio
Ireneus Colloniensis, Brickman 1696 [ie 1596]
Simlerus in Exodum
Hemmingii opuscula theologica
Glossaria cum commentariis Stephani
Recardij Sancti Victoris opera Venetiis impressa
P. Martyr in libros Regum
Lavaterus in libros chronicorum seu in Parlip.
Emanuelis Sa notationes in Scriptura in 4°
Biblia Tremellii in folio 16[0]7
Calvini harmonia item in Joannem et Acta
Damascenus graecolatinus, Basiliae 1575
Ovidio opera cum commentariis, editionis Vescel
Marloratus in Isaiam in[sic]
Calvinus in Isaiam
Calvinus in Jeremiam
Albertus Magnus in tertium Sententiarum
Albertus Magnus in quartum Sententiarum
Choppinus de sacra polytia forensi
Lactantii opera, Basiliae Hen. Pet.
Alexandri Halensis pars secunda summae theologiae
Hondorphii theatrum historicum
Originis opera latine, Basiliae per Episcop.
Mercerus in Genesin
Mercerus in 5 Prophetas Minores
Bullengerus in Isaiam
Procopius graecolatinus in Esaiam, Pariisiis
Directorium inquisitorium Nicol. Eym, Romae apud Sonnium 1587 3
Lavaterus in Proverbia et Ecclesiasten
Eusebii evangelica praeparatio graeca, Rob. Steff.
Ruperti opera, Coloniae. Birkman 16[0]2
Martynus Bucerus in Evangelia, Psalmos Judicae et Zefoniam
Admonitionis Neustadianiae defensio
Item Ursini operum tom. 3
Ursini operum tom. primus et secundus
Pelicanus in Pentateuchum et libros Historicos
Pelicanus in libros Apocryphos
Ecolampadius in Prophetas et Job
Eusebii opera lat., Basiliae Hen. Pet.
Westaemerus in Psalmos
Calvinus in Psalmos cum textu haebraico
Calvinus in Danielem cum textu haeb., Gen.
Calvinus in primum librum Sam.
Calvinus in Aepistolas
Hyperius in Aepistolas Pauli
Calvini institutiones
Calvinus in Job
Operum Junii tom. primus
Ejusdem Junii tomus secundus
Opera Orbani Regii
Theatri humanis vitae volumen 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 etcaet.
Theatri humanis vitae volu. 1, 2, 3
Martyr in libros Samuelis
Operum Zuinglii pars prima
Operum Reuteri tomus 2dus
Zuinglii annotationes in Genesin etcaet.
Cyrilii Alexandrini opera, Parisiis 1635
Chrysostomi opera octo tomis, Aetoniae
Bibliotheca patrum volumen unum tomi 3
Jo. Pinedae Salamon praevus
Bezae opuscula volumen unum
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Buseri scripta Anglicana
Innosentii Papae opera, Coloniae 1575 4
Operum Philippi Melantonis pars 2a
Operum Philippi Melantonis pars 3a
Alexandri Halensis pars 1a
Operum Philippi Melantonis pars 1a
Operum Philippi Melantonis pars 4a
Hunnii tomus quartus
Ejusdem Hunnii tomus 1us
Ejusdem Hunnii tom. 3
Ejusdem Hunnii tomus 2
Hugonis Cardinalis tomus primus, Venetiis 1600
Ejusdem Hugonis tomus secundus et tertius
Ejusdem Hugonis tomus quartus et quintus
Ejusdem Hugonis tomus sextus
Ejusdem Hugonis tomus septimus
Eliae Hutteri Novum Testamentum 12 linguarum
Ejusdem Hutteri pars secunda
Henrici Stephani thesaurus linguae graecae tomus primus
Ejusdem Hen. tomus 3 et 4
Sancti Bonaventurae tomus primus et secundus
Ejusdem Bonaventurae tomus quartus et quintus
Ejusdem sextus et septimus
Venerabilis Bedae tomus primus, 2, 3
Ejusdem Bedae tomus 4 et 5
Ejusdem Bedae tomus 6 et 7
Ejusdem Bedae tomus 8
Sexta pars Biblia cum glossa ordinaria
Quinta pars Biblia cum glossa ordinaria
Ejusdem operis pars quarta
Ejusdem operis pars secunda
Ejusdem operis pars prima
Ejusdem pars tertia
Joannis Benedicti Parisiiensis index sententiarum 5
Chrisostomi tomus primus
Ejusdem Chrisostomi tomus 2 et 3, Parisiis 1556
Ejusdem tomus 4
Ejusdem tomus 5
Ambrosii tomus 1, 2 et 3
Ejusdem tomus 4 et 5, Basiliae Epis.
Athanasii opera graeco latine duobus tomis
Thesaurus Pagnini, Lugduni
Idem Pagnini thesaurus
Durandus in magistrum sententiarum
Operum Lutheri tomus primus
Hilarii lucubrationes, Basiliae
Petri Graegorii Tholosanii de repub. tomi 2
Gasparis Cassalii justitia quadripartita
Volgeii [ie Vogelii] Matheii thesaurus theologicus
Novum Testamentum graecum, per Rob. Stefanum
Augustini Steuchii perennis philosophia
Stefani Szegedini loci communes
Suaresii in 3am partem Thomae tomus primus
Suaresii tomus 5 additus ad tertiam partem Thomae
Ejusdem Suaresii tomus 3 ad tertiam partem Thomae
Ejusdem Suaresii tomus 2 ad tertiam partem Thomae
Ejusdem Suaresii tractatus de legibus
Ejusdem Suaresii prima pars summae theologiae de Deo, uno et trino
Suaresii de virtute et statu religionis
Bonaventurae tomus 3 et 4
Isidori Hispalensis opera, Parisiis
Zenophontis opera graeco latina volumen unum
Clementis Alexandrini opera lat.
Lamberti Danei opuscula theologica
Bibliothecae patrum tomus 2
Bibliothecae patrum tomus 4, 5 et 6
Bibliothecae patrum tomus 7, 8
Augustini operum tomus primus, 2 et 3, Lug. 1586
Bernardi opera, Anguertiae [ie Antuerpiae]
Mathiae Flacii clavis S. Scripturae
Novum Testamentum cum glotta Mathiae Flacii Illirici
Biblia graeca, Francofurti apud Vecheli heredes
Baronii tomus novus [ie novem], 10
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Ejusdem Baronii tomus primus et secundus
Ejusdem tomus 3 et 4
Ejusdem tomus 11 et 12
Ejusdem tomus 5 et 6
Ejusdem Baronii tomus 7, 8
Decreta ecclesiae Gallicaniae[sic], Parisiis
Gregorii opera latine, Basiliae
Martini Lutheri operum tomus 3
Ejusdem Lutheri tomus 4
Lutherus in Aepistolas Pauli
Conradus Pelicanus in Prophetas majores et minores
Hooker ecclesiasticall polyci
In Evangelium secundum Mattheum et Lucam glossae ordinariae specimen
Theofilactus in Evangelistas, Pauli epistolas et Minoris[sic] aliquot Prophetas
Davidis Chytrei tomus primus in 5 libros Mosis
Ejusdem Chytraei tomus 2 in Josuam et Judices, etcaet.
Ejusdem Chytraei Saxonia
Suaresii tomus 4 in 3am partem Thomae
Gersonii tertia pars operum
Procopius in octo priores Veteris Testa. libros
William Knyghts actiomatical concordanc[sic]
Conradus Pelicanus in Evangelia et Acta Apostolorum
Ruperti tomus 2
Philippus Mornaius de euchaeristia
Joannis Rivii opera theologica
Adrichomii theatrum Terrae Sanctae et Biblicarum historiarum cum tabulis geographicis
Inventarium generale
Gabriel super primum Sententiarum
Bullengerus in Acta Apostolo. et Apocalypsin
Missale Romanum ex decreto Consilii Tridentini restitutum
Bilsons survey of Christs sufferings
Centuriatores Magdebur. centuriae tres
Erasmi in Novum Testamentum annotationes
Antonini chronicorum pars secunda
Hittorpius de divinis ecclesiae officiis
Possivini apparatus tomus secundus
Ejusdem Possivini tomus primus
Lucae Lossii in Acta Apost.
Martyr in primam aepist. ad Corintheos
Idem in Genesin et Judices
Annastasius de vita Romanorum pontificum in 4°
Thomas Mors confutatione of Tindals ans[we]r in 4°
Lavateri homiliae in Estherem
Idem Lavateri in Jobb homiliae
Rhems New Testament in 4°, at Rhems
Catalogus testium veritatis in 4° tomus primus
Cerranius in Appocrypha in 4°
Theodoreti opera latine, Parisiis
Centuriatorum Magdeburg 11, 12
Bartholomei Angli opus de rerum proprietatibus
Martyris loci communes 16[0]3
Lucae Lossii annotationes ad Romanos
Catalogus testium veritatis tomus 2 in 4°
Catalogus testium veritatis in folio
Epifanius contra haerises latine, Basi.
Bullengeri in aepist. Pauli
Toletus in Joannem
Basiliae[sic] Magni opera latine, Basiliae
Zuinglii annotationes in plerosque Novi Testa. libros
Zuinglii polaemica
Averrois tomus 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 totidem voluminibus
Poscii index in eosdem tomos, in octavo
Fitsherberts treatise of polic[i]e and religion 2 part in 4°
Legendarium vitae et factorum Chrysti in 4°
Gardinerus euchyristia in 8[°]
Stapitone[sic] against Zouill [ie Jewell] in 4[°]
Prosperi opera in octavo
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Zanchii Missil tomus 2 in 4[°]
Fulgentii opera in octavo, Basileae
Thomae Akempis opera in 4[°]
Petrus Canisius 6 de Verbi Dei corruptelis in 4°
Rainaldus de idolatria
Sutlivius contra Bellarminum de ecclesia
Rhems New Testament, at Antuerp
Confessionum harmonia in 4°
Clementis ad Corinthios aepist. prima
Leonis opeera[sic] in octavo, Antuerpiae
Calvinus in Pentateuchum et Josuam
Dionis Cassii historia graecolatino[sic]
Aristophinis[sic] comediae cum scholiis antiquis
Zanchii operum tomus 4 et 5
Marlorati thesaurus
Lucae Lossii annotationes in Novum Testa. tom. 1, 2
Aretius in Novum Testamentum
Melii opera
Hipperius in Aepist. ad Haebr.
Cameronis opera in 4[°]
Magister Sententiarum in folio
Alexandri Halensis pars 4
Ejusdem Alex(and)ri pars 3
Alberti 7 Magni scriptum primum magister Senten.
Bibliotheca Sixti 8 Cenensis
Bibliotheca Foscii
Stobei sententiae graecolat.
Cypriani opera cum annotationibus
Cyprianus Gulassii
Eustathii Hodicaea
Polybius Causaboni graecolatinus
Isocrates graecolatinus Henrici Stephani
Oratorum veterum orationes graeco latinae
Gulielmi Parisiensis opera, Venetiis
Thusidides Henrici Stefani
Anonimus in organum Arist. etcaet.
Arist. operum
Aristot. operum volumen primum
Volumen alterum secundum
Volumen alterum tertium
Thesauri linguae latinae tomus 3
Volaterani opera
Concordantiae latinae Vecheli
Thesauri linguae graecae tomus 2
Ejusdem thesauri appendix
Ejusdem thesauri tomus 3
Zenicae opera cum commentariis
Thesaurus Hen. Stephani tomus primus
Ejusdem tomus secundus
Marlorati in Novum Testa.
Thesaurus linguae latinae tomus primus
Ejusdem tomus secundus
Hipptorpius[sic] de divinis officiis, Parisiis
Centuriat. Magdebur. 4 et 5
Theatrum genealogicum Hieronimi Henningis
Theatri humanae vitae volumen octavum ad 16[um]
Bellarminus contraversiarum tomus 4
Castanionis Biblia
Scotus in Sententias
Bellarmini contraversiarum tomus 3
Herodotus Henrici Stefani, Francofurti
Contraversi[a]rum Bellarmini tomus 1 et 2
Pezanguis [ie Pesantius] in Thomam, Venetiis
Summa Thomae, Parisiis
Chemnitii examen Consil. Trident.
Chemnitii loci theologici
Pauli Jovii vitae virorum illustrium duobus tomis
Gregorii Nasiazenae opera latine, Basiliae
Gregorii Magni opera, Parisiis
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Cuspiniani poetae et medici opus insigne
Pauli Jovi opera omnia
Budaei linguae graecae commentarii
Appendix thesaur libellorum ad thesaurum graecae linguae pertinentium
Lexicon graecolatinum Constantini
Conradii Gesneri historia animalium quadrup[ed]ibus
Ejusdem Conradii tomus alter de avibus
Galleni librorum pars 5
Ejusdem Galleni pars 3 et 4
Ejusdem Galleni tomus primus pars prima et secunda graeca
Gesnerus de piscibus et aquatilibus
Berforii dictionarium morale
Berchorii dictionarium morale
Augustini Torndaeli analys sacri et profani
Aristotelis graeco latinus, Aureliae Alobrogum
Platonis opera graeco latina
Vetus Testamentum multiplici lingua duobus voluminibus
Novum Testam. graecae et latinae [sic] in Academia Complutensi
Geruardi Mercatoris chronologia
Concordantiae Novi Testamenti graecolatinae Hen. Ste.
Huteri Biblia haebraea
The Holy Bible, at London by Robert Barker 1611
Huteri Biblia haebraea
Joannis de Pineda commentariorum in Job tomus primus
Ejusdem Joannis tomus alter
Zanchii tomus 7 et 8
Ejusdem Zanchii tomus primus, 2 et 3
Facii historia in octavo
Centuria 13 Magdiburg
Tertulliani opera volumen unum
Rerum Anglicarum scriptores post Baedam praecipue vol. unum, Londini
Joannis Pici Mirandulae opera omnia
Pandectae triumphales
Rerum Anglicarum scriptores, Francofortae[sic]
The grait historie of Vinnese
Trithenii primae partis opera historica
Octava centuria Magdibur.
Carionis chronicon
Bartholomei catalogus gloriae mundi
Syntagmatis historiae pars 3
Syri patris operum tomus primus et 2
Poetae graeci veteres cum latina interpretatione
Brodei epigram annotationum epigrammata graeca libri 7
Sigonii historiae de regno Italiae
Bellaii commentarii de rebus Gallicis
Aeneas Sylvius Basileae
Syntagma de familiis quae in monarchiis et caet. authore Reynero
Syntagma haeroicum autore Reynero
De la conformité des merveilles anciennes avec les modernes, in 8°
Hieronomi operum tomus 4
Ejusdem Hieronomi tomus primus
Ejusdem Hieronomi tomus 2 et 3
Andreae Flachinii contraversiarum juris tomus primus
Antoniei Gomesii de jure civili tomus primus
Domini Joannis Chichardi in codice Justinianeum praelecti, Lond.
Cujacii operum volumen primum
Ejusdem Cujacii volumen secundum
Ejusdem Cujacii volumen tertium
Ejusdem Cujacii volumen quartum
Laurentii Justiniani Veneti opera et vita
Petri Gregorii syntagma juris universi
Doctores legum in 13 voluminibus
Anales rerum Belgicarum, Francofurti
Theatri humanae vitae volumen 4, 5, 6, 7
Ejusdem theatri volumen 24, 25, 26, 27, 28
Justini Martyris opera graecolatina
Romanorum imperatorum familiae volumen 1
Clementis opera latine, Coloniae
Camdeni Britannia
Rerum Hungaricarum scriptores varii
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Petrarchae opera
Matheus Parisiensis
Historia orientalis
Zonarae anales latine
Plutarchi moralia graecae, Frobenae
Onuphrii republicae Rom. commentarii
Annibal Scotus in Cornelium Tacitum
Caelius Rodeginus[sic]
Camdeni scripta anglica Normanica etcaet.
Thomas Heskens parliament
Italia illustrata
Onuphrii fasti et triumphi, Venetiis
Budeus in Pandectas
Flores historiarum Mathei Vestmonasteriensis
Syntagmatis haeroici pars secunda
Wankelii horologium principum
Crantzii historia Germanica ecclesiastica
Carolus Sigonius de antiquo iure Romanorum
Boddinus de republica
Lasius de gentium migrationibus
Caroli Sigonii historia Bononiensis
Poscivini bibliotheca selecta
Historia de antiquitate ecclesiae Britannicae
Crantzii chronica
Arnobius contra gentes cum observationibus Olmenhostii [ie Elmenhorstii]
Vinandi Pigii anales Romani
Notitia utraque dignitatum Orientis et Occidentis
Homerus Spondani
Messon of the consecrationne of bischops
Raderus in Martialem
Plutarchi vitae graecolatine
Gesta dei per Francos tomus primus et 2
Historia Romana scriptores [sic] tomus primus
Pieri hierogliphica
Gesta dei per Francos tom.
Suetonius Causaboni
Tacitus cum commentariis, Parisiis
Theatri genealogici Henningis quarti tom. pars postrema
Dionesius Halicarnaseus graecolatinus
Eusebii historia graeca, Rob. Stephani
Lasii respub. Romana
Eustathii Ilias Homeri
Theatrum chronologicum Helvici
Titus Livius Basileae
Antonini chronicorum pars 3
Theophrastus de plantis et Aristot. quaedam graece
Plutarchi vitae graece, Basileae
Henningis theatri genealogici tomi quarti pars prior
Scriptorum historiae Rom. tomus 2
Josephus graecolatinus
Plinius Dalecampii
Caesaris commentarii cum annotationibus
Serres historie of France
Nicephori historia latina cum historia tripartita
Antonini chronicorum tomus primus
Historia Genuensis Bisarii
Biscioli horarum tomus primus
Centurat. Magdebur. 6 et 7
Berchorii operum tomus 1
Natilis Comitis historia sui temporis
Stemmata Christianorum et principum
Arca Noae Marini Brixiani
Plutarchi moralia graecolatina
[Signed:]
M G Martine —— David Nevay —— A. Coluill
Mr Thomas Lentron with my hand
Notes
- See the original manuscript [warning, this is a large (7MB) pdf file], reproduced by kind permission of St Andrews University Library.
- For some time the list lay unrecognised for what it was on account of the erroneous date '1696' (actually 1596) which appears near the top of the first page.
- '1687' altered to '1587'
- '1675' altered to '1575'
- Remainder of text indecipherable – possibly 'Hen. Stephanus'
- 'Canesius' altered to 'Canisius'
- 'Albertum' altered to 'Alberti'
- 'Sexti' altered to 'Sixti'
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