Miscellaneous papers of Lyell concerning individual manuscripts now in the Bodleian
MS. Eng. c. 3210/1-2
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Description
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Title
Miscellaneous papers of Lyell concerning individual manuscripts now in the Bodleian
Shelfmark
MS. Eng. c. 3210/1-2
Summary
Comprises:
(fols. 11-46) detailed notes on the Abingdon Cartulary, MS. Lyell 15
(fols. 100-7) M. Dulong's index of Stephen Langton's quaestiones in MS. Lyell 42
Including slips from Lyell's own handwritten slip-catalogue, clippings from sale-catalogues, correspondence, descriptions, etc., mostly n.d. but including a few 19th-cent. items from previous owners, correspondence of Lyell 1926-46 and his notes on manuscripts bought between 1936 and 1946: found in disorder (some removed later from the manuscripts themselves) and rearranged in current order of (fols. 2-255) MSS. Lyell, including And (fols. 256-93) MSS. Lyell empt., including (fols. 273-87) a detailed calendar of the Petty papers in MS. Lyell empt. 32
Date
Date not recorded at time of cataloguing
Language
English
Physical extent
293 Leaves
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Collection contents
Papers of James Patrick Ronaldson Lyell
Lyell's collection of manuscripts
Miscellaneous papers of Lyell concerning individual manuscripts now in the Bodleian
