1 volume (67 leaves, 8 blank leaves) : paper ; 29 x 22 cm. Produced in Cambridge, England. Uniform title: Glossarium archaiologicum. Selections. 1684. Other title: Archaismus graphicus ab Henr: Spelmano conscriptus in usum filiorum suorum 1606. Archaismus graphic ab Henr: Spelmano conscriptus in usum filiorum suorum 1606. Title transcribed from title page. "Jo Fitzwilliam [est?] Cod. MSS in Bibliotheca Col. Cor. Christ. apud Cantabrig extante, ope and amicitia G Spencer ejus[dt?]e socÿ transcribi curavit Ao 1684. Reddenda e[st] ra[ti]ö villica[ti]ö[n]is." In another hand: "Viroptmus [meus?] mihi legavit. Tho. Smith." Brown and black ink on laid paper. Pages ruled in red, with page numbers and heading letters in red. Interleaved. Some entries possibly in Smith's hand. Binding: Full calf; spine has five raised bands, lettered in gold in the second compartment from top, with year 1606 stamped in bottom compartment; spine stamped in gold and blind; covers single-ruled in gold, with blind-tooled edges.

Bound manuscript dictionary of Latin abbreviations to assist legal scholars in decoding documents relating to the early history of law. It was first published as part I of Henrici Spelmanni Equit. Anglo-brit. Archaeologus (London : John Beale, 1626) and later reissued as Glossarium Archaiologicum (London : Alice Warren, 1664).

Scribe John Fitzwilliam D.D. (died 1699) was an English nonjuring divine educated at Magdalen College, Oxford. He continued at Magdalen as a scholar, librarian, and lecturer in music, later serving as a family chaplain and tutor to prominent patrons, including the Duke of York (afterward James II) and his daughter, the future Queen Anne. After James was deposed in the revolution of 1688, Fitzwilliam refused to pledge loyalty to the new monarchs, William and Mary. He bequeathed his voluminous library to Magdalen College, with some volumes also going to the Bodleian Library.

Thomas Smith (June 3, 1638-May 11, 1710) was an English scholar, expelled Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, and non-juring divine. He was elected vice-president of Magdalen in 1682 and became bursar of the college four years later. However, his fellowship was revoked after the revolution of 1688, when, like his friend John Fitzwilliam, he refused to swear fealty to King William and Queen Mary. In later life, he managed the manuscripts of the Cotton Library and was often consulted on the formation of libraries. Most of his books and manuscripts passed through Thomas Hearne to the Bodleian Library.

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