Letter from Arthur Ernest Cowley to Stanley Arthur Cook
Letter, 20 Feb 1915, from Arthur Cowley to Stanley Cook, then lecturer in Hebrew at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, discussing the papyri collections at the Bodleian and in particular 'Pap. F'.
Dates
- Creation: 20 Feb 1915
Extent
2 items
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Eng. c. 8410, fols. 156-157].
Shelfmark:
MS. Eng. c. 8410, fols. 156-157
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 21486
Abstract
Letter from Arthur Ernest Cowley to Stanley Arthur Cook, 1915.
Biographical / Historical
Arthur Ernest Cowley (1861-1931) was a linguist and librarian. A leading scholar of Hebrew and Aramaic, he was appointed assistant sub-librarian at the Bodleian Library in 1896, rising to become Bodley's Librarian from 1919 until 1931. For further information see the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated to the Bodleian Library by Professor Alan Millard in 2019.
Topical
- Title
- Catalogue of a letter from Arthur Ernest Cowley to Stanley Arthur Cook
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Lucy McCann
- Date
- 2021
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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