Archive of Falconer Madan relating to manuscripts of Vergil. The papers include a collation by Madan, 1877, of selected lines in forty-one Bodleian manuscripts of Vergil, on the text of Otto Ribbeck's first edition of the works (Leipzig, 1859-62). There are also notes and articles by Madan on Vergil manuscripts, mainly in the Bodleian, including a section on the Old High German glosses in MS. Auct. F.1.16 (SC 8856), with a few from other libraries, 1876-80.
Dates
- Creation: 1876-80
Extent
0.10 Linear metres (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
- Latin
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Lat. class. d. 20, fols. 1-2].
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. Lat. class. d. 20, e. 23
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 13792
Abstract
Archive of Falconer Madan relating to Manuscripts of Vergil.
Biographical / Historical
Falconer Madan (1851-1935) was Bodley's Librarian, a palaeographer and bibliographer. Details are given in Who Was Who.
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. 47808-9.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Given to the Library by Falconer Madan in 1922.
- Title
- Catalogue of the archive of Falconer Madan relating to Manuscripts of Vergil
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Collection Level Description by Susan Thomas; EAD version 2019 by Pauline Soum-Paris
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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