'An account of the life of the venerable sir Augustin Baker...', Written shortly before 1691 by Wilfrid Reeve
File
MS. Wood B. 4
Held at the Weston Library
'An account of the life of the venerable sir Augustin Baker, monk of the English congregation of S. Benedict, who died in England, upon the 9th of August, A.D. 1641 aetatis suae 63', copied and probably compiled by dom Wilfrid Reeve.
(fols. 70-end are blank)
Labelled '113'
Dates
- Creation: Written shortly before 1691 by Wilfrid Reeve
Extent
91 pages
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. Wood B. 4
Other Finding Aids
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. II, no. 8575
Custodial History
'Fr. Wilfrid' on inner front cover.
Bibliography
- Most of this life, which is of no independent value, is printed in the Ampleforth Journal (1898), iv. 59-74, 196-213, and other copies are cited in The Life of Fr. Augustine Baker, O.S.B., 1575-1641 , edited by dom Justin McCann, O.S.B. (1933), pp. 157-8, which see for a fuller account.
Physical Facet
On paper
Dimensions
7 × 4 3/5 in.
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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