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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