Billingbear Book List Page 5

Topic: Billingbear Book List Page 5

1. Verified Sourced Facts

• The local wiki page lists 11 pre-1616 books from the Billingbear library page.
• The same page lists:

“Calvin, Jean -- Institution de la religion chrestienne -- Geneva -- 1566 -- (USTC 1368)”

• The same page lists:

“Josephus, Flavius -- Les sept livres de la guerre et captivite des Juifz -- Paris -- 1553 -- (USTC 6492)”

• The same page lists:

“Raleigh, Walter -- History of the World -- London -- 1614 -- (ESTC 20637)”

• The same page lists:

“Vives, Juan Luis -- Opera, in duos distincta tomos -- Basel -- 1555 -- (USTC 667058)”

• The same page lists:

“Kromer, Marcin -- De origine et rebus gestis polonorum -- Basel -- 1558 -- (USTC 675238)”

• The same page lists:

“Livy -- Roman History -- London -- 1586”

• The same page lists:

“Sigonii -- Historiae -- Frankfurt am Main -- 1575”

• The same page lists:

“Saxo (Grammaticus) -- Danica historia -- Frankfurt am Main -- 1576 -- (USTC 626686)”

• The same page lists:

“La Popeliniere, Henri Lancelot-Voisin de -- L'histoire de France -- Paris -- 1581 -- (USTC 931)”

• The same page lists:

“Diodorus (Siculus) -- Bellum troianum diodori siculi bibliothecae historicae -- Basel -- 1578 -- (USTC 637601)”

• The same page lists:

“Ochoa de la Salde, Juan -- Primera parte de la Carolea -- Lisbon -- 1585 -- (USTC 337880)”

• A 2026-04-21 web audit found high-quality external controls for several page-5 titles. UCLA's Clark Library describes Raleigh's History of the World as first published late in 1614, dedicated to Prince Henry, immediately controversial/suppressed, and influential throughout the seventeenth century. This helps contextualize the Raleigh item but also makes clear that it is a late/post-main-composition library item, not a pre-1600 Shakespeare source.

• The updated Billingbear transcription gives a direct local witness for this page at IMG_8163.png. It includes the same cluster of source-book entries, including Calvin, Josephus, Raleigh, Vives, Kromer, Livy, Sigonii, Saxo Grammaticus, La Popeliniere, Diodorus, and Ochoa de la Salde.

• Direct PNG inspection by Codex on 2026-04-21 confirms the high-importance entries on IMG_8163.png in substance, including Raleigh, Vives, Kromer, Livy, Sigonii, Saxo Grammaticus / Danica Historia / 1576, La Popeliniere, Diodorus, and Ochoa. The 2026-06-06 updated transcription now supplies the current local wording, while character-level details should still be checked if they affect edition identification.

2. Ken Feinstein Twitter and Blog Information

• No Ken Feinstein Twitter/blog material is isolated in this packet at present.

3. Quoted Source Text

Billingbear Book List Page 5 wiki page

• “Calvin, Jean -- Institution de la religion chrestienne -- Geneva -- 1566 -- (USTC 1368)”
• “Josephus, Flavius -- Les sept livres de la guerre et captivite des Juifz -- Paris -- 1553 -- (USTC 6492)”
• “Raleigh, Walter -- History of the World -- London -- 1614 -- (ESTC 20637)”
• “Vives, Juan Luis -- Opera, in duos distincta tomos -- Basel -- 1555 -- (USTC 667058)”
• “Kromer, Marcin -- De origine et rebus gestis polonorum -- Basel -- 1558 -- (USTC 675238)”
• “Livy -- Roman History -- London -- 1586”
• “Sigonii -- Historiae -- Frankfurt am Main -- 1575”
• “Saxo (Grammaticus) -- Danica historia -- Frankfurt am Main -- 1576 -- (USTC 626686)”
• “La Popeliniere, Henri Lancelot-Voisin de -- L'histoire de France -- Paris -- 1581 -- (USTC 931)”
• “Diodorus (Siculus) -- Bellum troianum diodori siculi bibliothecae historicae -- Basel -- 1578 -- (USTC 637601)”
• “Ochoa de la Salde, Juan -- Primera parte de la Carolea -- Lisbon -- 1585 -- (USTC 337880)”

Updated transcription, IMG_8163.png

• “Institution de Calvin _______ Genev. 1566”
• “Josephus de la Guerre des Iuifs _______ Paris 1553”
• “Raleigh's History of the World _______ London 1614.”
• “Lodovici Vivis opera (Tomus 2dus) _______ Basil 1555.”
• “Cromerus de Rebus Polonorum _______ Basil 1558.”
• “Livy's Roman History _______ London 1586”
• “Sigonii Historia _______ Franc. ad Mon 1575”
• “Saxonis Grammatici Danica ... Historia ... Franc. ad Mon 1576.”
• “L'Histoire de France 2 vols _______ 1581.”
• “Diodorus Siculus (Latinè) _______ Basil. 1578.”
• “De la Carotea ... primera Parte _______ Lisboa 1585”

Direct PNG inspection, 2026-04-21

• IMG_8163.png: the main source-book cluster is visible and matches the updated transcription in substance. The Saxo / Danica Historia / 1576 line is specifically visible.

4. Citations

• “Book List Page 5.” Henry Neville Research Wiki, http://nevilleresearch.com/index.php?title=Book_List_Page_5.
• Feinstein, Ken. “Henry Neville's Library of Shakespeare Sources.” kenfeinstein.blogspot.com, 31 Aug. 2019, https://kenfeinstein.blogspot.com/2019/08/henry-nevilles-library-of-shakespeare.html.
• Feinstein, Ken. “My Discovery of Neville's Library and Shakespeare Research.” kenfeinstein.blogspot.com, 9 Sept. 2019, https://kenfeinstein.blogspot.com/2019/09/my-discovery-of-nevilles-library-and.html.
• Billingbear Book List Transcription, IMG_8163.png. Updated local transcription: Billingbear_Book_List_Transcription.md. Page image: IMG_8163.png. Integration note: BILLINGBEAR_UPDATED_TRANSCRIPTION_INTEGRATION_2026-06-06.md.
• Ralegh, Walter. The History of the World. First edition, London, 1614. UCLA Clark Library Chrzanowski Collection record, https://clarklibrary.ucla.edu/collections/tudor/chrzanowski/title-list/1614r/.

5. Notes on Access

• This packet now has two local text layers: the preserved wiki summary and the updated transcription keyed to IMG_8163.png.
• The high-importance entries have been visually checked against the PNG image. The updated transcription is sufficient for ordinary topic use, while exact punctuation, braces, and abbreviation expansion should be rechecked when they affect edition-level claims.
• Web audit result: page 5 is a very important source-book cluster, especially for Saxo/Danica historia, but the packet must keep the distinction between verified edition existence, Billingbear-list transcription, and Shakespeare-source interpretation.
• Raleigh's 1614 History of the World should remain in this page-level packet as a verified Billingbear-list item, but it should be treated as later library/provenance context rather than evidence of Shakespeare source access before the main composition period.
• The wiki page links the following public resources for the listed books:
• Calvin PDF
• Calvin British Library copy
• Josephus digital facsimile
• Raleigh ESTC entry
• Raleigh Google Books copy
• Vives digital facsimile
• Vives PDF
• Kromer Archive.org copy
• Saxo digital facsimile
• Diodorus digital facsimile
• Ochoa de la Salde Google Books copy
• Ochoa de la Salde British Library copy

Third-Batch Fact-Source Update, 2026-06-24

• The public facsimiles listed here harden edition existence and bibliographic identification. They do not by themselves prove that a specific edition was in Neville's possession.
• The local book-list page image and transcription remain the controlling witness for the fact that these titles appear in the Billingbear list.
• Book use: cite page 5 as a library-list witness first, then use Gallica, Google Books, BSB, e-rara, BL, or Archive.org links only to identify plausible editions and source-book content.