Commonplace book written at various dates
MS. Clar. dep. c. 413
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Commonplace book written at various dates
Shelfmark
MS. Clar. dep. c. 413
Summary
Contains mainly quotations from classical authors, especially Horace, and historical writers, especially Sir Walter Raleigh and Clarendon. The headings are grouped under letters of the alphabet but the letters are not in alphabetical order; at p.xi is an index of them. Pp. 311-30 contain a copy of orders relating to procedure in the House of Lords 'copied from a written Book of them deliver'd by the Clerks of ye House to a Noble Peer in May 1714' with p. 309b a subject index. On p. 283 is the date 'now.1734' and on p. 339 'now.1735'.
Date
18th cent.
Language
English
Physical extent
373 Leaves
Custodial history
Armorial bookplate of the Villiers, Earls of Clarendon of the Grove [in Watford, Hertfordshire]. Inside the front cover is the number 100 (18th cent.)
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Collection contents
Papers of George William Frederick Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon, with papers of related families
Collections of William Shaw of St. John's College, Cambridge, with additions (in MSS. Clar. dep. c. 415-17) by 'H.S.'
Commonplace book written at various dates
