This collection consists of manuscripts collected by Bywater, working papers on classical subjects, and correspondence mainly with classical scholars.
Dates
- Creation: 16th cent.-1914
Extent
5.83 Linear metres (53 boxes)
Language of Materials
- English
- Latin
- Italian
- Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
- German
- French
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Bywater 6, fols. 1-2].
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. Bywater 6-9, 11, 13-15, 17-34, 36, 39-64
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 12830
Abstract
Collection of manuscripts collected by Ingram Bywater (1840-1914), Regius Professor of Greek at Oxford, 1893-1908.
Biographical / Historical
Ingram Bywater (1840-1914) was Regius Professor of Greek at Oxford, 1893-1908. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.
Other Finding Aids
M. Clapinson and T. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. I, nos. 37949-38001.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Part bequeathed by Bywater, part given by Mrs. Charles Cornish in 1919 and 1921.
Subject
- Bywater | Ingram | 1840-1914 | Regius Professor of Greek at Oxford (Person)
- University of Oxford (Organisation)
- Title
- Manuscripts and Papers of Ingram Bywater
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Collection Level Description by Emily Tarrant; EAD version 2019 by Kelly Burchmore
- Date
- EAD version 2019
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Weston Library
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Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
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