Wenman, Agnes, d 1617 (translator of the works of John Zonaras)
Person
Dates
- Existence: d 1617
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
File
Annals of Zonaras, seventeenth century
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Mm.03.32
Scope and Contents
An English translation, with additions, of a portion of the Annals of Zonaras. This is divided into three portions, styled History xvii, xviii, and xix, Of Judith, Of Tobias, and Of the kingdoms of Media and Persia. It is probably translated from Cousin's French Translation. There are corrections throughout in a different hand. this is a portion of Lady Wenman's translation, of which the rest is in Dd.01.18 and Dd.01.19.
Dates:
seventeenth century
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Collection:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
File
The historyes and chronicles of the world, c. 1640
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Dd.01.18-MS Dd.01.19
Scope and Contents
'By John Zonaras … Contayneing all the most memorable actions happened in the world in the revolution of sixe thousand sixe hundre yeares, and more. Digested into three bookes … Done out of Greek into French with annotations in the margeant, upon the diversitie of the Greek copyes; with advertisements, and index of the most memorable things ... Paris ... for John Paxent in Saint James Streete, M.D.LXXXIII. And done into English, by the noble and learned lady, the Lady Agnes Wenman, sometime...
Dates:
c. 1640
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Collection:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Additional filters:
- Subject
- History 1