Miscellaneous literary notebooks of Dr. Philip Bliss (principal of St. Mary hall, Oxford, editor of Wood's Athena Oxonienses, etc. d. 1857), partly bibliographical and partly connected with Oxford history, with many extracts from Hearne's diaries.
Dates
- Creation: 1805-1855
Extent
0.65 Linear metres (13 boxes)
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Top. Oxon. e. 51, fols. 1-2].
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. Top. Oxon. e. 51-63
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 12798
Abstract
Notebooks of Philip Bliss
Biographical / Historical
Dr. Philip Bliss (1787-1857) was an antiquary and editor. He was on the staff of the Bodleian Library from 1808 to about 1813, and 1822-1828. He was Registrar of the University of Oxford (1824-1853), Keeper of the Archives (1826-1857), and Principal of St. Mary Hall (from 1848 until his death in 1857). 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. VI, nos. 31573-31585.
Custodial History
The items were nos. 18136-8, 18130, 18139-42, 18114, 18128-9, 18135 in the Phillipps Library, and were lot 47 in the Phillipps sale June 1893: when they were bought by the Bodleian.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The papers were bought by the Bodleian at the Phillipps sale, June 1893.
Subject
- Title
- Notebooks of Philip Bliss
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Collection Level Description and EAD version 2020 by Alice Whichelow
- Date
- EAD version 2020
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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