Commonplace book containing notes on geology, chemistry and monastic life
MS. Phillipps-Robinson e. 336
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Commonplace book containing notes on geology, chemistry and monastic life
Shelfmark
MS. Phillipps-Robinson e. 336
Summary
Commonplace book, late 18th or early 19th century, containing notes on geology, chemistry and monastic life, including:
(fols. 12v-18) notes on, and corrected draft of, a poem about monks;
(fols. 24-23v rev.) a list of subscribers to an unidentified work.
Date
late 18th or early 19th century
Language
English
Physical extent
24 Leaves
Custodial history
'Ex Bibl. Ducis Sussex Augustus Frederick' (note by Phillipps on wrapper); Phillipps MS. 22147.
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Collection contents
Topographical collections, correspondence and papers of Sir Thomas Phillipps
Topographical Manuscripts
Miscellaneous manuscripts
Papers relating to religion
Commonplace book containing notes on geology, chemistry and monastic life
