Miscellaneous papers (maps, charts, journals, drawings, extracts and the like, some printed), Written chiefly in the second quarter of the 18th century by T. Shaw
File
Shelfmark: MS. Add. D. 27
Held at the Weston Library
Miscellaneous papers (maps, charts, journals, drawings, extracts and the like, some printed), by or collected by Thomas Shaw, including:
- Fols. 217, 394, 396. plans, etc. of the Pyramids
- Fols. 58, 466. Notes, surveys, etc. relating to Lower Egypt by capt. John Dove, about A.D. 1725, and capt. Andrew Elton, Aug. 1728
- Fol. 362v. vocabulary of the (African) language of the Kabyles
- Fol. 388. fragments of an English work on Physiognomy, written early in the 18th cent., with woodcuts from J. B (ulwer)'s Man transform': (1653)
- Fol. 118, cf. 155. Spanish letter from padre Francisco Ximenez, administrator of the hospital of San Juan de Matha, A.D. 1732
- Fol. 372. letter from Henry Loftus, May 12, 1693
- Fol. 370. Latin letter from Joseph Shaw, about A.D. 1730
A longer list of contents will be found in the manuscript catalogue of this MS.
Dates
- Creation: Written chiefly in the second quarter of the 18th century by T. Shaw
Extent
513 Leaves
Language of Materials
- Latin
- English
Shelfmark
MS. Add. D. 27
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. 27811-27812
Dimensions
15 1/4 × 10 5/8 in.
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Contact:
Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk