Papers of Neil R. Ker relating to Oxford city, university and college library materials, mainly concerning bookbinders, fragments and donors, 1950 and n.d. [c.1940-1970]

File

MS. 21050/43

Held in our offsite storage facility

Comprises:

Folder 1: 'Oxford city', lists of Oxford bookbinders

Folder 2: 'Oxford bindings', comprising

notes and rubbings (1 notebook)
notes on the Dring fragments [now Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS. Lat. misc. b. 18], with annotations by R.W. Hunt (loose papers)
'Dring fragments' (notebook)

Folder 3: 'Oxford University', comprising

'Oxford donors and books', details mainly from the Chancellor's Register (1 notebook)
notes relating to Bodleian Library binding fragments and centrepieces (1 notebook)
notes relating to Bodleian Library manuscript fragments (1 notebook)
notes relating to Bodleian Library and Jesus College bindings (1 notebook)

Folder 4: papers, comprising

transcripts concerning library matters from medieval bursars' and other accounts of Magdalen, Exeter, St. John's, Balliol, University and Trinity Colleges (1 notebook)
lists of books acquired by purchase by All Souls, Exeter, Merton, New, Oriel, Queen's and University Colleges

Dates

1 box (4 folders)

MS. 21050/43

Ker Papers Box 9

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