Rawlinson's manuscripts, consisting of:
- Rawlinson A: English history
- Rawlinson B: English history
- Rawlinson C: History, theology
- Rawlinson D: Miscellaneous
- Rawlinson E: Sermons
- Rawlinson F: Poetry
- Rawlinson G: Classics
- Rawlinson H: Letters
- Rawlinson I: Mainly theology
- Rawlinson J: Academica
- Rawlinson K: Hearne & Smith - English history
- Rawlinson L: Liturgical
- Rawlinson M: Statutes
- Rawlinson N: Numismatics
- Rawlinson O: Oriental (not described below)
- Rawlinson P: Miscellaneous, Essex
The letters A, B, etc. are used as the headings of the categories in 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). A, B, C, D, E, G, I, J are parts of shelfmarks, but the collections under F, H, K, L, M, and P have a variety of shelfmarks (details are given below).
Dates
- 8th-18th century
Extent
5122 shelfmarks
Language of Materials
- English
- Latin
- French
- Greek, Modern (1453-)
- Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
- Dutch; Flemish
- Italian
Full range of shelfmarks:
4o Rawl. 39, 41-4, 118, 145, 201-2, 204, 245, 263, 323, 335, 550, 582; 8o Rawl. 57, 135, 196, 280, 300, 401, 426, 429, 451, 470, 510, 570, 576, 578, 582, 584-5, 588, 594-5, 614, 621, 629, 645-6, 662, 681, 1047, 1052, 1064, 1079, 1093, 1095-7, 1102-3, 1105-8; MSS. Hearne's diaries 1-192; Rawl. A. 1-499; Rawl. B. 2-36, B. 38-366, B. 368-520; Rawl. C. 1-412, C. 414-18, C. 420-978, C. 980-9; Rawl. D. 1-366, D. 368-401, D. 403-943, D. 945-1037, D. 1039-1374, D. 1376-417, D. 1419-81, D. 1483-6, D. 1488-1511, D. 1514-6; Rawl. E. 1-206, E. 208-19, E. 221-61; Rawl. Essex 1-30; Rawl. G. 2-199; Rawl. I. 1-8, I. 10-11; Rawl. J. fol. 1-33, Rawl. J. 4o 1-38, Rawl. J 8o 1-18; Rawl. letters 1-138; Rawl. liturg. b. 1, c. 1, c. 3, d. 1-6, e. 1*, e. 2-13, e. 15-25, e. 27-9, e. 31-4, e. 36-47, f. 1-13, f. 16-39, g. 1-11; Rawl. N. 1-14; Rawl. poet. 1-242, 244-6; Rawl. Q. b. 1-5, Rawl. Q. c. 1-12, Rawl. Q. d. 1-12, 14-19, Rawl. Q. e. 1-33, Rawl. Q. f. 1-6, Rawl. Q. g. 1; Rawl. statutes 2-19, 21-57, 59-65; Smith 1-86, 88-125, 127-34, 136, 138-140, 142-3
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 16115
Biographical / Historical
Richard Rawlinson was born on 3 January 1690 and died on 6 April 1755. His father, Sir Thomas Rawlinson, was a wine merchant, and lord mayor of London in 1706. After being educated at St. Paul's school and Eton, Rawlinson matriculated at St. John's college, Oxford, as a gentleman commoner on 9 March 1708, and proceeded BA in 1711, MA in 1713, receiving the honorary degree of DCL in 1719. He was FRS and FSA, and a Bishop among the Nonjurors (1728). In 1719-26 he travelled in Holland, France, Germany and Italy, gradually amassing a foreign, classical and English library, as well as coins; and few book sales between 1715 and 1755 took place in London without contributing both manuscripts and printed books to his collection. When his elder brother Thomas, who was also a great book collector, died in 1726, Rawlinson catalogued his manuscripts, and at the sale in 1734 secured a large proportion of them, including Oriental volumes. In 1750 Rawlinson founded an Anglo-Saxon Professorship at Oxford. Further details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.
Other Finding Aids
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, nos. 10884-16087.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Rawlinson gave many printed books and a few manuscripts to the Library during his lifetime. Finally by his will, besides bequests to Hertford and St. John's Colleges and to the Ashmolean Museum, he bequeathed to the University all his manuscripts, medals, coins, matrixes and impressions of seals, prints, paintings and copperplates; and all such printed books as were on vellum or silk, or were not duplicates of books already in the Library. His musical manuscripts were left to the Music School, and only came into the Librarian's custody in 1885.
- Anabaptists
- Authors, Classical
- Beaumont | fl 1688-1730 | Nonconformist
- Bible
- Bible -- O.T. -- Psalms
- Bracton | Henry de | c 1210-1268 | Judge, Chancellor of Exeter Cathedral
- Chaucer | Geoffrey | c 1340-1400 | Poet
- Church of England | Diocese of London | Consistory Court
- Classical literature
- Classical literature
- Constitutions
- Diaries -- 18th century
- Dissenters
- Dorset (England)
- Drama
- Durham (England: County)
- Ecclesiastical courts
- England and Wales | Exchequer
- England and Wales | Royal Navy
- Essex (England)
- Eton College
- Fitzwilliams | John | fl 1600-1699 | Nonjuror
- Flanders (Belgium)
- Fleming | Robert | ? 1660-1716 | Presbyterian Minister
- France
- French Protestant Church
- Genealogy
- Great Britain -- History
- Great Britain -- Political and Government -- 17th century
- Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 18th century
- Grenville | Denis | 1637-1703 | Jacobite Archbishop of York | also known as Denis Granville
- Gronovius | Jacobus | 1645-1716 | classical scholar
- Gunning | Peter | 1614-1684 | Bishop of Ely
- Hawes | Samuel | fl 1694-1700 | Nonjuror
- Hearne | Thomas | 1678-1735 | Antiquary and Nonjuror
- Hearth-money
- Heraldry
- Holman | William | d 1730 | Essex Antiquary Congregational Minister
- Ireland
- Italy -- Description and travel
- Italy -- History
- L'Estrange | Hamon | 1605-1660 | theologian and historian
- Law
- Lewis | John | c 1700-1799 | Minister of Margate
- Liturgies
- Livius | Titus | ? 59 BC-AD 17 | Roman historian
- Locke | John | 1632-1704 | philospher
- London (England)
- Mandeville | Sir | John | d 1372 | travel writer
- Nedam | James | fl 1532-1543 | Royal Surveyor of Works
- Neve | John Le | 1679-1741 | Antiquary
- Nonjurors
- Numismatics
- Ovidius Naso | Publius | 43 BC-AD 17 | Roman poet
- Oxford (England)
- Oxford (England) -- History
- Oxfordshire (England)
- Papal medals
- Pepys | Samuel | 1633-1703 | MP, Diarist, Public Servant, Antiquary
- Poetry
- Price | Daniel | fl 1685-1706 | Dean of St Asaph
- Protestantism -- France
- Rawlinson | Richard | 1690-1755 | Antiquary and Nonjuror
- Roach | Richard | 1662-1730 | Anglican clergyman
- Robinson | John | 1650-1723 | Bishop of London
- Sallustius Crispus | Gaius | ? 86-? 34 BC | Roman historian
- Samber | Robert | fl 1710-1729 | Poet
- Sancroft | William | 1617-1693 | Archbishop of Canterbury
- Sermons
- Smith | Thomas | 1638-1710 | Nonjuror Historian and Librarian
- St Paul's Cathedral
- Stanton | William | fl 1697-1704
- Statutes
- Sussex (England)
- Swadlin | Thomas | 1600-1670 | Royalist divine
- Sweden
- Terentius Afer | Publius | ? 195 BC-? 159 BC | Roman comic dramatist
- Theology
- Thurloe | John | 1616-1668 | Secretary to the Council of State
- Travel
- Treaty of Utrecht
- Tullius Cicero | Marcus | 106-43 BC | Roman orator and statesman
- Turner | Francis | ? 1638-1700 | Bishop of Ely
- Turner | Thomas | 1645-1714 | President of Corpus Christi College Oxford
- University of Cambridge
- University of Oxford
- Wharton | Philip | 1613-1696 | 4th Baron Wharton
- Wilkinson | Thomas | fl 1600-1699 | Anglican clergyman
- Williams | John | fl 1709-1726 | Poet
- Zamboni | Giovanni Giacomo | fl 1723-1751 | resident in England for Duke of Modena
- Title
- Rawlinson Manuscripts
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Emily Tarrant
- Date
- 2002
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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