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Notebook of T. D. Fosbroke

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MS. Eng. e. 2709
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Comprises:

  1. (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
  2. (fols. 4-59 passim) Notes on Greek history
  3. (fols. 57-8) 'Notes: for Introduction' [apparently to Fosbroke's Encyclopedia of Antiquities (London, 1825)]
  4. (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.

Related Materials

MS. Phillipps-Robinson c. 452, fols. 50-1 (SC 51093).

Physical Facet

Limp calf, blind-tooled borders

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

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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