Classical papers, with some correspondence, of Robinson Ellis, including papers relating to classical Latin authors and notes on Latin language and palaeography.
Dates
- Creation: 19th-20th century
Extent
1.80 Linear metres (36 boxes)
Language of Materials
- Latin
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Lat. misc. d. 39, fols. 1-2].
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. Lat. misc. d. 39-44, e. 54-73, f. 22-9; Gr. misc. d. 3-4
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 13645
Abstract
Archive of Robinson Ellis (1834-1913).
Biographical / Historical
Robinson Ellis (1834-1913) was Corpus Christi Professor of Latin at Oxford, 1893-1913. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.
Other Finding Aids
M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. II, nos. 47930-65.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The papers were given to the Library by the President of Trinity College, Oxford in 1915, except for MS. Lat. misc. d. 46, fols. 147-157, which were given to the Library in 1917.
- Title
- Catalogue of the archive of Robinson Ellis
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Collection Level Description by Emily Tarrant; EAD version 2019 by Pauline Soum-Paris
- Date
- EAD version 2019
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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