Skip to main content

A Common Place Book of Lionel Day

 Single Item
MS. Add. A. 115
Held at the Weston Library

  • Request
    this

A Common Place Book of Lionel Day, fellow of Balliol college, Oxford, chiefly on moral and religious topics. His name and the dates 1595 and 1603 occur on fol. 93v.

Dates

  • Creation: written in about 1595-1605 by L. Day

Extent

93 Leaves

Language of Materials

  • English
  • Latin

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Add. A. 115, fols. 1-2]

Please see our help page for further guidance on citing archives and manuscripts.

Shelfmark:

MS. Add. A. 115

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 18792

Abstract

A Common Place Book of Lionel Day, written in about 1595-1605 by L. Day.

Biographical / Historical

Lionel Day (1570-1640) was a Church of England clergyman and a fellow of Balliol college, Oxford.

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. V, no. 29075.

Custodial History

In a modern bookseller's catalogue priced 8s. 6d.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Presented to the Library by J. O. Halliwell-Phillips in 1874.

Related Materials

Another commonplace book of rev. Lionel Day is MS. Eng. misc. d. 47.

Physical Facet

On paper

Dimensions

8 × 6 1/8 in.

Title
A Common Place Book of Lionel Day
Status
Published
Date
EAD version 2020 by Pauline Soum-Paris
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

Contact:
Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom