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Peter Forsskal maintained two libri amicorum* which are in the Royal Library, Manuscript Department, Copenhagen |
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Their shelf-marks are (a) Thott 556 8° and (b) Thott 557 8°. |
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Thott is the Thottska samlingen/Thottska collection. Thott´s Collection ' was acquired by the Royal Library as a bequest from count Otto Thott after his death in 1785. In the collection are a considerable number of manuscripts from the Middle Ages, many of which are illuminated.' (http://www.kb.dk/en/nb/samling/HA/hs_samlinger/index.html.and also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Thott). |
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For Count
Otto Thott see http://runeberg.org/dbl/17/0338.html |
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The libri amicorum are now accessible online: |
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For Thott-8_556 click here. |
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For Thott-8_557 click here. |
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David Shaw writes, ‘The entries in the book all follow a formula: a
literary quotation (Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Arabic, French, Italian, English ...), a
greeting with the name of the friend, and (importantly) the date and
place where the entry was written’ |
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There follows the tabulation of the chronological dates of entry and
the location, (c) David Shaw |
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*'Thott-8-557 has two separate sections. There is the last page of an
incomplete index to the first half on page 128 (image 138). Page 129
starts a new inserted section on slightly larger paper with an index
on pages 275-282 covering the entire volume. The pagination seems to
be written by Forsskål as it is used in the index. There are errors
(or possibly missing pages)' (David Shaw) |
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