A description of the University and City of Oxford
A description of the University and City of Oxford, especially from the point of view of the architecture, pictures and (fol. 46) stained glass, apparently intended for a guide-book. The hand-writing appears to be that of the rev. John Gutch, and some of the text is on the back of papers (of 1806-10) which would naturally come to the hands of the Registrar of the University, as he was from 1797 to 1824.
Fols. 74-79 are in a different hand, and at fol. 80 is a description of a convent at St. German's, Cornwall.
Dates
- Creation: Written in about 1805-1810
Extent
84 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Top. Oxon d. 45, fols. 1-2]
Shelfmark:
MS. Top. Oxon d. 45
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 19213
Abstract
A description of the University and City of Oxford
Biographical / Historical
John Gutch (1746-1831) was a clergyman, antiquary and registrar of Oxford University.
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. VI, no. 31704
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought from A. Beevor Osborne, of London, in Nov. or Dec. 1894.
Physical Facet
On paper
Dimensions
9 7/8 × 7 5/8 in.
- Title
- A description of the University and City of Oxford
- Status
- Published
- Date
- EAD version 2020 by Alice Whichelow
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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