Comprises:
- (fols. 2-59 passim) An index to his collections, many of the entries relating to classical antiquities, with (fol. 1v a key to the index
- (fols. 4-59 passim) Notes on Greek history
- (fols. 57-8) 'Notes: for Introduction' [apparently to Fosbroke's Encyclopedia of Antiquities (London, 1825)]
- (fols. 70v-62v rev.) Notes from [T. S.] Hughes, Travels [in Sicily, Greece and Albania] (1825).
Parts of the contents are in shorthand, to which there is a key in MS. Phillipps-Robinson c. 452, fols. 50-1 (SC 51093).
Dates
- Creation: 1825
Extent
70 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Eng. e. 2709, fols. 1-2].
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Shelfmark:
MS. Eng. e. 2709
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 7155
Abstract
Notebook of T. D. Fosbroke.
Biographical / Historical
Rev. Thomas Dudley Fosbroke (1770–1842) was an English antiquary in the 18th and 19th century.
Custodial History
Owned by Sir Thomas Phillipps; Phillipps MS. 18209; inscribed by Phillipps 'Vol. 5'.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought, Ambra Book, ca. 88 (1992), 156.
Physical Facet
Limp calf, blind-tooled borders
Subject
- Title
- Notebook of T. D. Fosbroke
- Status
- Published
- Author
- EAD version 2021 by Hannah Jordan
- Date
- EAD version 2021
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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