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Tracings of frescoes on the walls of three Oxfordshire churches: Headington (1-4: cp. MS. Top. Oxon c. 197) and Cowley St. James (5-18), Arranged and mounted in Nov. 1913 and Feb. 1914

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MS. Top. Oxon a. 17
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Tracings of frescoes on the walls of three Oxfordshire churches: Headington (1-4: cp. MS. Top. Oxon c. 197) and Cowley St. James (5-18):

  1. Roll 5 is a restored drawing of the Virgin and Child
  2. The remaining rolls are the originals of reduced drawings in no. 29762, viz. roll 6 of drawing no. 10, rolls 7-8 of no. 17, rolls 9 and 11 of no. 9, roll 10 of no. 23a, roll 12 of no. 24, rolls 13-18 of no. 7

Dates

  • Creation: Arranged and mounted in Nov. 1913 and Feb. 1914

Extent

1 box

Language of Materials

  • English

Shelfmark

MS. Top. Oxon a. 17

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. VI, no. 36029

Physical Facet

On tracing-paper mounted on canvas drawn by H. Hurst

Physical Facet

On paper

Dimensions

2 ft. 2 in. -- 4 ft. × 1 ft. 8 in. -- 7 ft. 6 in., 18 rolls kept in a cloth box measuring 3 ft. 7 in. × 5 1/2 in. square.

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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