Manuscripts of Grabe, relating to theological Greek manuscripts.
Dates
- Creation: 16th-18th century
Extent
6.05 Linear metres (55 boxes)
Language of Materials
- Greek, Modern (1453-)
- Latin
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Grabe 1, fols. 1-2].
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. Grabe 1-40, 41a-c, 42-53
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 12839
Abstract
Adversaria Grabii
Biographical / Historical
Johann Ernst Grabe was born in 1666, at Königsberg in Prussia, and was brought up a Lutheran. In 1695 he decided to enter the Church of Rome, but was persuaded instead to turn to England and join the Church of England. From about 1696 till his death on 3 November 1711 he applied himself ardently to theological study, chiefly in Oxford: he received a D.D. degree on 27 April 1706, and was soon after offered the Margaret Professorship of Divinity. 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. 9711-9765.
For a full description in Latin see, Catalogi codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Bodleianae pars prima recensionem codicum Graecorum continens (Oxford, 1853, reprinted with corrections by H. O. Coxe, Oxford, 1969), Grabe.
Custodial History
Grabe's manuscripts passed by his will first to Dr Hickes, next after the death of the latter in 1715 to George Smalridge, Bishop of Bristol, and finally on his death in 1719 to the Bodleian Library, which soon after received them, although the Benefaction Register enters them under 1724.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The manuscripts were acquired by the Bodleian in 1719.
Subject
- Title
- Adversaria Grabii
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Collection Level Description by Emily Tarrat; EAD version 2020 by Alice Whichelow
- Date
- EAD version 2020
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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