Collection of Texts by Solinus, Orosius, Pseudo-Alexander, Justinus, and Walter of Châtillon

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Possibly owned by Francesco Griffolini [1], Naples, ca. 1440-1500. Unknown Spanish owner, 16th century [2]. Possibly acquired by Abbot Luigi Celotti [1786-1846], Venice, early 19th century [3]. Acquired by Rev. Henry Drury, London, ca. 1823 [4]; purchased by Thomas Thorpe [1791-1851], London, February 21 1827 [5]; purchased by Sir Thomas Phillipps, London, late 19th-early 20th century [6]; Phillipps Sale, Sotheby's, London, June 15-18 1908, no. 678; purchased by Bernard Quaritch Ltd., London, 1908; purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore, after 1908; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.[1] Griffolini was also known as Francesco Aretini, or Francesco of Arezzo; inscription on fol. 1r: ""FRANCISCI. ARRETINI. ET. AMICORUM""; a second inscription on fol. 2r indicates possible change in ownership: ""NUNC VERO GEORGII & AMICORUM SUORUM""[2] Spanish additions and notation throughout[3] See A. N. L. Munby, ""Phillipps studies,"" 1951-60, vol. 3, pp. 50-51, 151[4] Inscription on fol. ir: ""H. Drury. 1823""[5] No. 4022[6] Inscription on fol. 1v: ""Phillipps MS/3403""

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