Note-book of Anthony Wood, "coll. Merton. Oxon.", 6 Jun 1657
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
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. 1268.
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. 15560.
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
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