The last three books are frequently
met with, and were highly esteemed by medieval jurists.[1]
[1] On medieval studies see further Mun. Acad., 34, 242-43, 285,
412-13; Sandys, i 670.
In a previous chapter we have noted the somewhat
fresher character of the library given to Oxford University
by the Duke of Gloucester. We have two later records
which may be referred to now to indicate the change
wrought by the Renascence. A catalogue of William
Grocyn's books was drawn up soon after his death in 1519.
This collection proves its owner to have been conservative
in his tastes, as the medieval favourites are well represented.
Of Greek books there are only Aristotle, Plutarch in a
Latin translation, and a Greek and Latin Testament--a
curiously small collection in view of his interest in Greek,
and in view of the fact that many of the chief Greek
authors had been printed before his death. It seems likely
that his Greek books had been dispersed. But the change
is apparent in the excellent series of Latin classics, which
included Tacitus and Lucretius, and in the number of
books by Italian writers, Petrarch, Boccaccio, Ficino, Filelfo,
Lorenzo della Valle, Aeneas Sylvius, and Perotti.
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