Autograph signatures of distinguished visitors to the Bodleian

Title

Autograph signatures of distinguished visitors to the Bodleian

Shelfmark

MS. Autogr. c. 4/1

Summary

Autograph signatures of distinguished visitors to the Bodleian, recipients of honorary degrees at Oxford and (till 1861) persons admitted ad eundem, chiefly from Cambridge. Includes:

(fol. 6) (Friedrich Heinrich) Wilhelm Gesenius, 5 Aug 1820

(fol. 9) Karl Ottfried Müller, 21 Jun 1822

(fol. 10) (Friedrich) A(ugust Gottreu) 28 May 1825

(fols. 19, 87) Queen Victoria, 8 Nov 1832

(fols. 26, 30, 33, 41) Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, 20 Oct 1835, 14 Sep 1839, 15 Jun 1841, 20 Aug 1844

(fol. 31) Henry Hallam, the historian, 16 Oct 1840

(fols. 33, 74, 79, 87) Prince Albert, 15 Jun 1841, 4 Jun 1856, 9 Jan 1857, 12 Dec 1860

(fol. 50) Sir James Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak, 26 Nov 1847

(fol. 68) King Pedro V of Portugal, 17 Jun 1854

(fols. 68, 100) Alfred Tennyson, 21 Jun 1855, 4 Nov 1871

(fols. 79, 85, 92, 114) Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII), 9 Jan 1857, 27 Mar 1860, 18 Jun 1863, 18 Mar 1879

(fol. 92) Alexandra, Princess of Wales, (later Queen Alexandra), 18 Jun 1863

(fol. 97) Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, 21 Jun 1870

(fols. 102, 110) Prince Napoleon, 17 Mar 1873, 10 Jan 1878

(fol. 119) Ernest Renan, 12 Apr 1860

(fol. 119) George Goschen, 22 Jun 1881

(fols. 123, 125v) Robert Browning, 15 Jun 1882, 16 Jun 1885

(fol. 125v) Sir Henry Irving, 1886

(fol. 128v) Arthur James Balfour, 17 Jun 1891

(fol. 134v) Cecil J. Rhodes, 21 Jun 1899

Date

1820-1903

Language

English

Physical facet

Binding: brown calf with gold ornament (1819?).

Physical extent

247 Leaves