A classified catalogue by Thomas James, D.D., of books relating to the faculty of arts in the Bodleian Library, arranged under nineteen classes, 17th century
A preface "ad spectatae probitatis et optimae spei tyrunculos vel candidatus in facultate artium" is prefixed.
Dates
- Creation: 17th century
Extent
136 leaves; one or two appear to be wanting at the end
Language of Materials
- Latin
Shelfmark
MS. Rawl. D. 984
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. D. 984.
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. 13743.
Custodial History
Olim liber T. Hearne. The following title and note are written by Hearne on the first page:— "Thomae Jamesii Manuductio ad artium studium, sive catalogus vel index materiarum librorum in facultate artium in Bibliotheca Bodleiana". "This MS. came out of the study of Dr. Anthony Hall of Queen’s college, Oxford, who married the widow of Dr. John Hudson, to whom this book once belong’d".
Bibliography
- An extract from the preface is printed in Annals of the Bodl. Libr., second edit., 1890, p. 35.
Physical Facet
On paper, in quarto
Repository Details
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