Catalogue Entry: THEM00415

Drafts of the 'Short Chronicle'

Author: Isaac Newton

Source: Ms. 361(1)A, New College Library, Oxford, UK

[Normalized Text] [Diplomatic Text]

[Editorial Note 1] The first four folios are taken up with cataloguer's notes.

[Editorial Note 2] The remainder of f. 5r and the first few lines of f. 5v are taken up with mathematical calculations apparently unrelated to the rest of the manuscript.

[Editorial Note 3] The remainder of the text on this page is written upside down.

[Editorial Note 4] The remainder of this page is taken up with mathematical calculations of no apparent relevance to the text.

[1] In vita Lycurgi sub initio

[2] In Solon p. 151.

[Editorial Note 5] Folios 9-10 are blank.

[Editorial Note 6] Folio 19 is blank.

[3] Circa Ann. A.C. 1120

[4] 1100

[5] 1080

[6] 1070

[7] 1069.

[8] 1060.

[9] 1059.

[10] 1048.

[11] 1020

[12] a Apud Euseb. in chron.

[13] 715

[Editorial Note 7] Folios 29 and 30 are blank apart from a cataloguer's note on f. 30.

[14] a in the Life of Lycurgus

[15] b. in the life of Solon.

[Editorial Note 8] Folio 43 is blank apart from a cataloguer's note.

[16] (a) Life of Lycurgus.

[17] b. In the Life of Solon.

[18] (a) Lib. 1 Reg. Cap. 13. Commate 5.

[19] (b) ὶαδδοῦς Ioseph. ibidem.

[20] (a) Ioseph. Antiq. Lib. II. Cap. 7.

[Editorial Note 9] Folios 65 and 66 are blank apart from a cataloguer's note on f. 66r.

[Editorial Note 10] Folios 70 and 71 are blank apart from a cataloguer's note on f. 71r.

[21] ✝ regnante Cranao Cecropis successore

[Editorial Note 11] Folio 79 is blank.

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