Papers of Neil R. Ker relating to Oxford University chests and cautions

Title

Papers of Neil R. Ker relating to Oxford University chests and cautions

Shelfmark

MS. 21050/52

Summary

Comprises:

Folder 1: lists of books in chests, based on printed and manuscript sources and inscriptions in the manuscripts, with copies of notes by Graham Pollard, relating to

'Antiqua cista universitatis'

Burnell

Chicele

Chichester

Danvers

Duncan

Exeter

Gilford

Langton

Lincoln

Neel

'Nova cista universitatis'

'Cista Reginae' or Queen's

Roubury or Robery

Selton

Turville

Vaughan and Hussey

Vienna

Warwick

Winton

Folder 2: papers comprising

photocopy of a 15th century Oxford stationer's register listing chest transactions according to chest

typed transcripts of lists of books in the Chichele, Duncan, Exeter, Langton, Lincoln, Neel, Queen's, Ro(u)bery, and Warwick chests, from the above register, corrected and annotated by Ker

Folder 3: notes, mainly by Ker, relating to subjects including

features of the language (vocabulary) of cautions

prices in cautions

manuscripts containing cautions in the Bodleian Library, Cambridge University Library, Eton College, London and elsewhere

manuscripts in Oxford Colleges containing cautions

'chest name illegible' cautions

cautions by date, pre-1340 and 1430 onwards

Chest days, 1459

cautions in Merton College manuscripts

evidence for identifying stationers' hands

cautions in manuscripts in cathedral libraries

cautions in Durham Cathedral manuscripts, including a copy of notes by A.[J.] P[iper], annotated by Ker

Folder 4: notes on cautions in Oxford libraries (2 notebooks, with loose inserts)

Date

1975 and n.d. [c.1960-1975]

Language

English

Physical extent

1 box (4 folders)