'Berkshire & Oxfordshire Antiquities...'
Single Item
MS. Top. Berks e. 8
Held at the Weston Library
'Berkshire & Oxfordshire Antiquities:
- A collection of valuable original letters relating to the discovery of urns, implements etc. etc. during excavations on the Berkshire hills, 1851-1858 [chiefly from E. Martin Atkins, 1850-8, fol. 2]
- Also letters relating to the excavations at Brighthampton, 1857-8, by J. Y. Akerman & S. Stone
- Miscellaneous letters on similar subjects. From the collection of dr. [John] Wilson, President of Trinity College, Oxford: purchased Dec. 1873 ... J. P. Earwaker.' The letters are all addressed to dr. Wilson, and there is a draft of a reply by him, Sept. 19, 1857 (fol. 100), and a letter of April 17, 1869 (fol. 82)
- Fol. 1 shows that no. 29087 was also from dr. Wilson's collection
Dates
- Creation: Written in A.D. 1851-1869
Extent
124 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Top. Berks e. 8, fols. 1-2]
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Shelfmark:
MS. Top. Berks e. 8
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 20118
Abstract
'Berkshire & Oxfordshire Antiquities...'
Biographical / Historical
Biographical details unknown.
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. 30080
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought by the Bodleian from mr. J. P. Earwaker on Dec. 16, 1889, for £1 1s.
Physical Facet
On paper
Dimensions
8 1/2 × 5 3/4 in.
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- 'Berkshire & Oxfordshire Antiquities...'
- Status
- Published
- Date
- EAD version 2020 by Alice Whichelow
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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Weston Library
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