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- [?early 18 cent.] (Creation)
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i, 43 ff. ; c. 205 x 155 mm.
Bound in nineteenth-century half calf over boards with triple blind fillets and marbled endpapers by Hatton Binder, Manchester; Macclesfield arms in gold on front cover; 'W. BAXTER - NOTES ON THE NEW TESTAMENT MS. ' (in gold on spine); page edges stained red.
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Armorial book plate, 1860, of the Earls of Macclesfield's North Library [at Shirburn Castle] inside front cover; manuscript press mark '1.D.16' on book plate and on f. 1; former press mark '4.C.13' on f. i deleted.
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Autograph notes, [?early 18 cent.], by William Baxter, in Latin and Greek, concerning variant readings of the New Testament found in the Greek text of the Codex Bezae (Cambridge University Library MS Nn.2.41).
The notes relate to the Gospels of Matthew (ff. 1-8 verso), Mark (ff. 9-15 verso), Luke (ff. 15 verso-26 verso) and John (ff. 27- 32 verso), together with the Acts of the Apostles (ff. 33-41 verso). The volume contains several deletions and insertions; there are occasional words and phrases in English, Hebrew and Welsh.
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Some ink-staining, spine faded.
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 23974B.