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Portions of a work on the old buildings of Oxford etc.

MS. Top. Oxon c. 194

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Title

Portions of a work on the old buildings of Oxford etc.

Shelfmark

MS. Top. Oxon c. 194

Summary

1. Fol. 3. Portions of a work on the old buildings of Oxford projected by Mr. Herbert Hurst and intended by him 'to provide a complete pictorial guide to the architecture of Oxford as far as the year 1800', comprising:

Fol. 5. a prospectus

Fol. 9. a preface 'to the reader' dated January, 1887

Fol. 10. Introduction with index at fol. 32 and (fol. 34) part i--St. Alban's Hall, with index at fol. 48: the drawings illustrating this part are now in MS. Top. Oxon b. 81, fols. 3, 39-41

Fol. 50. part xviii--Exeter college, fragment only, followed by a transcript of a 'Survey of Exeter college, Oxford, by Dr. John Prideaux, rector', A.D. 1631-2

Fol. 74. part li--St. Peter-in-the-East, with an index at fol. 168: the drawings accompanying this part have been bound up as MS. Top. Oxon a. 15

2. Fol. 174. Various articles on Oxford topography:

Fol. 174. abstract of a paper by the writer on Oxford castle read to the Oxford Architectural Society, Nov. 3, 1899

Fol. 182. essays by the writer on Aristotle's well and (fol. 188) on the four noses of Brasenose college (cp. no. 36046, fol. 35), the latter dated Feb. 1904

Fol. 196. chronological tables of buildings in the city and university of Oxford

Fol. 225. names of witnesses to deeds in the Latin chartulary of Godstow priory (P. R. O., Exch. K. R. misc. bk. 20), supplementary to the abstract of the English version given in MS. Top. Oxon c. 189

Fols. 244, 255. abstract of Brasenose college deeds and papers relating to college property in Oxford, c. 1246-1838

Fol. 276. miscellaneous notes and correspondence, including notes by Mr. Charles Moore on Mr. Hurst's 'Agas and Hutten' (Bodleian MS. no. 36050), and letters from Mr. H. W. Brewer to Mr. Hurst on the plan of Oseney abbey (fol. 292)

Additions: fols. 330-61 a paper by Mr. Herbert Hurst on Beaumont Palace and the White Friars (Old Buildings of Oxford, pt. vi), presented by Mr. Cyril Hurst, March 31, 1914: for the accompanying plans see MS. Top. Oxon b. 81, fols. 27-32.

Date

Written about 1887-1912, by H. Hurst

Language

English

Physical facet

On paper

Physical extent

331 Leaves

Custodial history

Bound up from loose papers presented Sept. 23 and Nov. 7, 1913.

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