Register of all the payments made by sir Christ. Wren on account of the rebuilding of fifty churches, bulk: 17th century
File
MS. Rawl. B. 388
Held at the Weston Library
An index of the churches is prefixed, together with the following papers:
- Note to Dr. Rawlinson from William Bathoe, offering this MS. with the two which precede and follow (MSS. Rawl. A. 387, A. 389a) for seven guineas;
- Memorandum by the son of sir Christopher Wren, that these three volumes (MSS. Rawl. A. 387-389a) were delivered to him by William Dickinson, with a notice of some of the MSS. accounts deposited in the chapterhouse of St. Paul's cathedral;
- Reprint of a proposal by Valentine Knight for rebuilding the city of London;
- Catalogue of all the edifices erected by sir C. Wren, engraved on a pyramid by H. Hulsbergh;
- Printed table of the dimensions of St. Peter's at Rome and of St. Paul's cathedral.
Dates
- Majority of material found within 17th century
Extent
384 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. Rawl. B. 388
Other Finding Aids
William D. Macray, Catalogi codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Bodleianae partis quintae fasciculus primus viri munificentissimi Ricardi Rawlinson, J.C.D., codicum classes duas priores, ad rem historicam praecipue et topographicam spectantes, complectens (Oxford, 1862), no. B. 388.
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. III, no. 11725.
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. III, no. 11725.
Physical Facet
On paper, in folio majori
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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