Reference files of Albinia de la Mare: 'Classical manuscripts, reviews, Exeter, notebooks, miscellaneous', 1963-2000 and n.d. [c.1965-1990]
Comprises:
Folder 1: 'Bodleian colour films', notes on Bodleian Library film strips and preparatory notes and draft of a lecture by de la Mare, 'The Development of 15th-Century Florentine Humanistic Script and Decoration', 1963 and n.d. [c.1965]
Folder 2: notes, 1974-1981 and n.d. [c.1965-1980], on subjects including
- lectures, including Lyell lectures by Mgr. J. Ruysschaert, relating to Bartolomeo Sanvito, Sforza of Pesaro, and the 'V&A Pliny'
- manuscripts in Florentine libraries
- Traversari, Tommaso Baldinotti, Jacopo di Poggio Bracciolini, and other Florentine cursive scribes
- Italian decorated initials
- illumination
- Baltimore, Walters Art Gallery, W. 755
- Manchester, John Rylands Library, Lat. 47
Folder 3: 'Reviews', requests for reviews, copies of completed reviews by de la Mare, and related papers, 1974-1994 and n.d. [c.1970]
Folder 4: 'Misc[ellaneous] Notes on Classical MSS', correspondence and papers, 1977-2000 and n.d. [c.1990], including notes on scribes and illuminators, images of manuscripts and responses to enquiries
Folder 5: notes, 1982-1993 and n.d. [c.1980-1990], relating to subjects including
- manuscripts containing Florus, including London, British Library, Egerton 938 (from Ferrara); Harl. 4793 (Florence, 1460-1470); Add. 25450 (Milan)
- 'Harvard manuscripts' and 'Harvard incunabula'
- 'Poggio possibles'
- manuscripts at Harvard, Princeton, Padua, The British Library and elsewhere
- London, British Library, Add. 16410
- incunabula at Cambridge, University Library
Folder 6: 'Xeroxes of Petrarch manuscripts in America', including correspondence with D.J. Dutschke, author of Census of Petrarch Manuscripts in the United States (Padua, 1986), 1984
Folder 7: 'Hugo Pictor', papers relating to Hugo Pictor and Exeter manuscripts, including materials relating to Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS. Bodl. 717 and 783 and Durham Cathedral, B. II. 13, 1985-1994 and n.d. [c.1990]
Folder 8: 'Bindings, rubbings and photos', images and rubbings of bindings and related notes, n.d. [c.1965-1980], relating to materials in repositories including
- Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France
- Chicago, Newberry Library
- Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana
- Bologna, Biblioteca Universitaria
- Milan, Archivio Storico
- London, British Library
- Valencia, Biblioteca Universitaria
- Oxford, Bodleian Library
- Besançon, Bibliothèque Municipale
- London, Lambeth Palace
Dates
- Creation: 1963-2000 and n.d. [c.1965-1990]
Extent
1 box (8 folders)
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. 18746/82
Former reference:
Archive A. C. de la Mare, sect. II., cont. VI
Creator
- From the Collection: de la Mare | Albinia Catherine | 1932-2001 | librarian and palaeographer (Person)
Repository Details
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