Part 8: Henry Neville and Henry Savile Annotations in Roman Antiquities

I have acquired a new, higher resolution image of this annotation by Henry Neville in the 1546 copy of Roman Antiquities by Dionysius of Halicarnassus. This annotation was discovered by John Casson and is from a private collection held at Audley End:

Here is a translation of the Latin: "Ancus Martius and Tarquinius Collatinus are omitted here, who reigned for 62 years. When these are added, the entire count of years will square". This annotation relates directly to Rape of Lucrece and Coriolanus.  I have a blog post that goes into detail demonstrating that this annotation is indeed in Henry Neville's handwriting. You can a digital facsimile of another copy of the same book here. 

John Casson also noted this reference to Lucius Tarquinius Superbus. It is in the same 1546 book and also relates directly to Lucrece. The Argument from Rape of Lucrece begins: "Lucius Tarquinius, for his excessive pride surnamed Superbus". This annotation was written by Henry Savile who had very distinctive handwriting. I have a blog post that goes into detail on Henry Savile's handwriting with many examples you can compare. Page 185 (digital facsimile):

Of course, Henry Savile was Henry Neville's tutor at Merton College, Oxford and they travelled together in Europe for several years.

This identification of Henry Savile's handwriting in the same book offers further confirmation of Henry Neville's annotation. Not only does the handwriting match Henry Neville's, not only is the book originally from Billingbear where Henry Neville lived, in addition his tutor's handwriting is in the book.

Here is another annotation of the same book on Page 9 (digital facsimile), clearly Henry Savile's handwriting:

Here are the close-up images:

Here is page 11  with Henry Savile's handwriting (digital facsimile):

Here is page 255 with Henry Savile's handwriting (digital facsimile):