He gave the bulk of them to Jesus College,
where only one or two are left; some have found their
way to other Cambridge Colleges.[3] Another Oxford
scholar, Robert Flemming, was in Italy in 1450: here he
became the friend of the great librarian of the Vatican,
Platina; and got together a number of manuscripts,
afterwards given to Lincoln College.
[1] O. H. S., 36, Anstey, ii. 380-01; Sandys, ii. 221-26;
Einstein, 26.
[2] MS. 587 Bodl.
[3] Leland 3, 463; Leland, iii. 13; Einstein, 23, 54-5; C. A.
S., 8vo ser., No. 32 (1899), 13.
Section VI
The intercourse of all these scholars with Italians was
carried on before mid-fifteenth century. Their chief interest
was in Latin books, although a large number of Greek
manuscripts had been brought to Italy by Angeli da
Scarparia, Guarino, Giovanni Aurispa, and Filelfo. After
the fall of Constantinople the Greek immigrants introduced
books into Italy much more freely. George Hermonymus
of Sparta, a Greek teacher and copyist of Greek manuscripts,
visited England on a papal mission in 1475, but
whether he had any influence on our intellectual pursuits
does not appear.
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