Record

Document Reference	Pw V 306
Title	MS set of rules in Latin for an oratorical competition at Christ Church, Oxford, laid down by the Dean, F. Atterbury; Oct. 1712
Date	4 October 1712
Extent	1 f
Level	Item/file
Content Description	One page of rules for an oratorical competition at Christ Church, Oxford, laid down by the Dean, Francis Atterbury; gives topic (Wolsey), guide length for speeches (Cicero's Pro Marcello), date of exhibition (24 Nov.), judges and prizes. At the end appears the Dean's name and the date (4 Oct. 1712)
Title Of Work	Certamen Oratorium Cujus Leges hae sunto
First Line of Poem	Fas sit Baccalaureis omnibus ex hac Aede
Last Line of Poem	In ecclesiae hujusce Archivis asservando
Language	Latin
Term	education, universities, Christ Church Oxford & competitions, poetry
Physical Description	One folio
Condition	Good
Descriptive Features	Watermark: Sword within laurel wreath, approx. 45 x 45 mm
Watermark	Sword
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Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA74125	Wolsey; Thomas (c.1475-1530); Cardinal	c.1475-1530
NA11783	Atterbury; Francis (1662-1732); Bishop of Rochester; Jacobite supporter; imprisoned in the Tower 1720 and banished to Brussels then France	1662-1732

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