⚠Minor foxing and small ink spots on the paper surface.

ISRAEL GOLLANCZ

KNIGHT BACHELOR, SECRETARY OF THE BRITISH ACADEMY,

The original Latin Equiti Aurato (Eq. Aur.) literally means "Golden Knight," a formal term for a Knight Bachelor. Israel Gollancz was a renowned scholar of Early English literature.

OF OUR LANGUAGE

THE MOST KEEN INTERPRETER OF ITS RICHES,

THIS WORK, TO THE PATRON HIMSELF,

BOUND BY LONG-STANDING FRIENDSHIP,

The Latin consuetudine implies a deep familiarity or a bond formed through habitual social and intellectual interaction.

GIVES AND DEDICATES

The abbreviation D. D. stands for Dono Dedit or Dat Dedicat, a traditional formula used in classical and Renaissance dedications.

R. S.

These are the initials of Robert Steele (1860–1944), the medieval scholar who edited this series of Roger Bacon’s unpublished works.