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Of the Greeks original: "Græcorum". Found in D’Achéry’s Spicilegium, volume 7, page 1. Aeneas of Paris wrote "Against the Errors of the Greeks" during the 9th-century Carolingian theological disputes.
— Prologue to the same book. Found in Labbe’s Councils, volume 8, column 476.
— Formal letter to Hincmar of Reims. Ibid. column 1898.
AYRAULT, Pierre. original: "ÆRODIUS Petrus" The Digests of Adjudicated Matters, revised by Philipp Andreas Oldenburger. Geneva, published by Tournes, 1677, in folio. Pierre Ayrault was a 16th-century French jurist; "Digests" or "Pandects" refers to a comprehensive compilation of legal principles.
— On Paternal Law. Ibid. page 641.
AERSSEN, Frans van. original: "ÆRSSENIUS F." Letters. Found in the enlarged Letters of Limborch. Van Aerssen was a prominent 17th-century Dutch diplomat.
AESCHYLUS. Seven Tragedies in Greek and Latin, with all the Greek Scholia, fragments of lost dramas, translation, and commentary by Thomas Stanley. London, published by James Flesher, 1674, in folio. "Scholia" are ancient or medieval explanatory notes written in the margins of classical texts.
— The same Tragedies in Greek and Latin [without notes]. Found among the Greek Dramatic Poets, page 646.
AESCHINES. Works. Found with Demosthenes. Aeschines was a 4th-century BCE Athenian orator and the great rival of Demosthenes.
AESOP. Fables in Greek and Latin. Found with the fables of Nevelet, page 1.
ETHIOPIA, Genealogy of the Kings of. Found in Schott’s Illustrated Spain, volume 2, page 1278.
ETHIOPIAN Church. Manner of baptizing, prayers, blessings, the Mass, etc., translated into Latin by Peter the Ethiopian Abbot. Rome, published by Antonio Blado, 1549, in quarto. Petrus Ethiopus, also known as Tasfa Seyon, was an Ethiopian monk in Rome who helped produce the first printed Ethiopic New Testament.
AETIUS. Aetius of Amida, a 6th-century Greek medical writer. Contracted Medicine. Found among the Masters of the Medical Art, volume 2, page 2.
— On Fevers. Found in the work on fevers, page 58.
AETIUS of Amida. On the Significations of the Stars. Found in Petau’s Uranologion, page 421. The "Uranologion" is a collection of ancient astronomical and astrological texts.
AFFELMANN, Johann. A collection of academic exercises, edited by Georg Möbius. Leipzig, published by Timotheus Ritzsch, 1674, in quarto.
D'AFFLITTO, Matteo. original: "AFFLICTIS Matthæus de" Commentaries on Feuds. Frankfurt, published by the Wechels, 1598, in folio. D'Afflitto was a famous Neapolitan lawyer who specialized in feudal law.
— Treatise on the right of first refusal, or the right of proximity. Naples, published by Giacomo Gaffaro, 1665, in folio.
— And among the treatises on law, volume 17, folio 2.
— On the Constitutions of the Kingdom of Naples. Venice [without printer’s name], 1562, in folio.
— Neapolitan Decisions with the additions of Ursillo, Pisanelli, Caravita, Martini, and Pulverini. Venice, published by the Societas Minima, 1612, in folio.
— On the privileges of the treasury. Found with Omphalius on the office and power of the Prince, page 112.
D'AFFLITTO, Cesare. Resolutions on disputed law. Naples [without printer’s name], 1661, in folio.
AFFLIGEM History original: "AFFLIGINIENSIS". Found in D’Achéry’s Spicilegium, volume 10, page 585. Affligem was a significant Benedictine abbey in present-day Belgium.
CONSTANTINE THE AFRICAN. On Fevers. Found in the work on fevers, page 102. A 11th-century physician who translated Arabic medical texts into Latin, revitalizing European medicine.
AFRICANUS, Sextus Julius. Letter on the history of Susanna [in Greek]. Found in the London Sacred Critics, volume 8, page 47.
— The same in Greek and Latin. Found with the Dialogue of Origen edited by Wetstein, page 219.
— Chronological excerpts [in Greek]. Found with Scaliger’s Eusebius, page 312. Africanus was a 3rd-century Christian traveler and historian; Scaliger was a great Renaissance scholar of chronology.
— Latin excerpts on the divisions and generations of nations. Found in Canisius, volume 2, page 579.
— The same, corrected. Found in Labbe’s Library of Manuscripts, volume 1, page 298.
— Fragments. Found in Syncellus’s Chronography, pages 17, 19, 57, 61, 83, 86, 99, 100, 105, 106, 111, 148, 149, 197, 307, 322.
AGANO, Bishop of Autun. Judgment against Reginard. Found with Baluze’s Regino, page 641.
AGAPETUS I, Pope. Eight Letters. Found in Labbe’s Councils, volume 4, column 1789, and volume 5, column 47.
— Letter to Gerhard of Lorch. Found in Lambeck’s Library, volume 2, page 651.
AGAPETUS II. Three Letters. Found in Pierre de Marca’s Hispanic Marches, pages 864, 866, 867.
— Two Letters. Found in Labbe’s Councils, volume 9, column 618.
— Letters to Leo the priest and the Monks. Found in Ughelli’s Italy, volume 8, column 76.
AGAPETUS the Deacon of Constantinople. Exposition of [72] Admonitory Chapters to Emperor Justinian [in Latin]. Found in the Lyons Library of the Fathers, volume 9, page 791. This was a popular guide on the duties of a Christian ruler.
— The same work in Latin [titled] The Royal Document with the discourses of Georg Draud. Frankfurt, published by Paul Jacobi, 1615, in quarto.
AGAPETUS, Bishop of Rhodes. Letter to Emperor Leo. Found in Labbe’s Councils, volume 4, column 940.
AGATHARCHIDES and Memnon. Excerpts translated into Latin by Richard Brett. Oxford, published by Joseph Barnes, 1597, in 12mo. "12mo" or "duodecimo" is a small book size.
— Voyage of the Red Sea original: "Periplus rubri maris" with the Latin translation of Lorenz Rhodoman. Found among Hudson’s Geographers, volume 1.
AGATHEMERUS. Compendious expositions of geography with the Latin translation of Samuel Tennulius. Found among Hudson’s Geographers, volume 1.
AGATHIAS Scholasticus. On the Empire and the achievements of Emperor Justinian in Greek and Latin, with the translation and notes of Bonaventura Vulcanius. Paris, from the Royal Press, 1660, in folio.
— Epigrams translated into Latin by Joseph Scaliger and Janus Dousa. Ibid. page 173.
AGATHIAS of Smyrna. On the Gothic War, translated by Cristoforo Persona. Found with Zosimus, page 457.
AGATHO, Chancellor of Constantinople. A small book against Philippicus Bardanes. Found in Labbe’s Councils, volume 6, column 1401.
AGATHO, Pope. Letters. Found in Labbe’s Councils, volume 6, columns 575, 629, 678.
— Letter to the Edict of Vienne. Found in Jean à Bosco’s Library, part 3, page 39.
— Fragment of a letter. Found in Cotelier’s Monuments, volume 2, page 81.
AGAUNUM, Monks of. The Rule. Found in le Cointe’s Annals, volume 1, page 521. Refers to the Abbey of Saint-Maurice d'Agaune in Switzerland.
AGELLIUS. See Gellius.
AGELLIUS, Antonius. Notes on Cyril of Alexandria against Nestorius. Found with Cyril, volume 6, at the end.
AGGENUS URBICUS. Commentary on Frontinus regarding the boundaries of fields. Found among Goeze’s authors on Agrarian matters, page 44. Aggenus was an ancient writer on land surveying (gromatici).
— And among Galland’s authors on the conditions of fields, page 52.
— And with Frontinus, page 287.
ADDITION to the defense of the Chinese Missionaries of the Society of Jesus. original Italian: "AGGIUNTA alla difesa de' Missionarj Cinesi..." Cologne [without printer], 1701, in octavo. This refers to the "Chinese Rites controversy," a dispute within the Catholic Church over whether Chinese folk religion rites were compatible with Christianity.