Papers of Neil R. Ker relating to Oxford University chests and cautions, 1975 and n.d. [c.1960-1975]
File
MS. 21050/52
Held in our offsite storage facility
Comprises:
Folder 1: lists of books in chests, based on printed and manuscript sources and inscriptions in the manuscripts, with copies of notes by Graham Pollard, relating to
Folder 1: lists of books in chests, based on printed and manuscript sources and inscriptions in the manuscripts, with copies of notes by Graham Pollard, relating to
- 'Antiqua cista universitatis'
- Burnell
- Chicele
- Chichester
- Danvers
- Duncan
- Exeter
- Gilford
- Langton
- Lincoln
- Neel
- 'Nova cista universitatis'
- 'Cista Reginae' or Queen's
- Roubury or Robery
- Selton
- Turville
- Vaughan and Hussey
- Vienna
- Warwick
- Winton
Folder 2: papers comprising
- photocopy of a 15th century Oxford stationer's register listing chest transactions according to chest
- typed transcripts of lists of books in the Chichele, Duncan, Exeter, Langton, Lincoln, Neel, Queen's, Ro(u)bery, and Warwick chests, from the above register, corrected and annotated by Ker
Folder 3: notes, mainly by Ker, relating to subjects including
- features of the language (vocabulary) of cautions
- prices in cautions
- manuscripts containing cautions in the Bodleian Library, Cambridge University Library, Eton College, London and elsewhere
- manuscripts in Oxford Colleges containing cautions
- 'chest name illegible' cautions
- cautions by date, pre-1340 and 1430 onwards
- Chest days, 1459
- cautions in Merton College manuscripts
- evidence for identifying stationers' hands
- cautions in manuscripts in cathedral libraries
- cautions in Durham Cathedral manuscripts, including a copy of notes by A.[J.] P[iper], annotated by Ker
Folder 4: notes on cautions in Oxford libraries (2 notebooks, with loose inserts)
Dates
- 1975 and n.d. [c.1960-1975]
Extent
1 box (4 folders)
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. 21050/52
Former reference:
Ker Papers Box 17
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk