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Note-book of Anthony Wood, "coll. Merton. Oxon.", 6 Jun 1657

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Relating to Oxford and neighbouring places.

At fol. 10 there is "Alphabetum Anglo-Saxonicum".

Dates

  • Creation: 6 Jun 1657

Extent

94 leaves, of which fols. 23–58 are blank

Language of Materials

  • English
  • English, Old (ca.450-1100)

Shelfmark

MS. Rawl. D. 1268

Custodial History

At fol. 22 is this note by Hearne: "Dec. 10th 1726, Saturday. This MS., all written by the late Mr. Anthony à Wood, was then given me by Mr. Lancelot Hill, butler of Queen’s college in Oxford".

Bibliography

  • Nearly the whole of the contents were printed by Hearne in vol. ii of the Liber Niger Scaccarii, pp. 571–594, and a transcript by him is in MS. Rawl. B. 176.
  • Most may also be found in Mr. Andr. Clarke’s editions of Wood’s Life and Wood’s Antiquities of Oxford; in the former, vol. ii, pp. vii–viii, in which volume there are also two plates of facsimiles; in the latter, vol. i. pp. 575–9.

Physical Facet

On paper, in sextodecimo

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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