Copies of 618 epitaphs in Latin and English, from English churches or graveyards
MS. Top. Gen. e. 32
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Copies of 618 epitaphs in Latin and English, from English churches or graveyards
Shelfmark
MS. Top. Gen. e. 32
Summary
Copies of 618 epitaphs in Latin and English, from English churches or graveyards, apparently made by 'F. dimming', and dated on fol. 4 Dec. 20, 1784; the latest epitaph is of 1799. A poem by W. C. C[umming ?] of Trin. Coll., Camb., on the death of the rev. Stephen Whisson, University Librarian at Cambridge, 1783, is at fol. 1.
Date
written in about 1784-1800 by F. Cumming (?)
Language
Latin
English
Multiple languages
Physical facet
On paper
Physical extent
140 Leaves
Custodial history
Part of lot 666 in the Gough Nichols sale, 1874.
Gough Nichols coll. vol. no. 28 (from 1874 to about 1884).
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Collection contents
John Gough Nichols Manuscripts
Copies of 618 epitaphs in Latin and English, from English churches or graveyards
