Brief miscellaneous notes and extracts, 18th century
File
MS. Rawl. B. 459
Held at the Weston Library
Comprises:
- (fol. 1) Notes on medals.
- (fol. 2) Alphabetum Mœso-Gothicum.
- (fol. 3) Notes of MSS. by William Lambard in the Chapter library at Canterbury.
- (fol. 3b) Alphabetum e numismatibus Anglo-Saxonicis et Anglo-Danicis desumptum.
- (fol. 5) Notes from a MS. of the Brute chronicle in the possession of — Walpole of Gray's Inn.
- (fol. 26) Two short extracts from Th. Gascoigne's Dictionarium theologicum.
- (fol. 55) Extract on the study of Saxon and Northern literature from Hickes' preface to his Thesaurus, pp. iii.—iv.
- (fols. 72–74) Explanation of a few letters and contractions found on Roman coins and medals.
- (fol. 76) Explanation of a few contractions found in Latin MSS.
(fols. 6–25, 27–54, 56–71) are blank.
Dates
- 18th century
Extent
76 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
- Latin
Shelfmark
MS. Rawl. B. 459
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. 459.
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. 11807.
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. 11807.
Custodial History
Insunt insignia gentilitia "Jacobi Mickleton de Crook Hall in com. Dunelm. 1718."
Bibliography
- (fol. 26) Printed in Hearne's Hemingford , vol. ii. pp. 521–2, 53c.
Physical Facet
On paper, in quarto
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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