Collections made by Sir Frederic Madden
MS. Eng. misc. c. 76
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Title
Collections made by Sir Frederic Madden
Shelfmark
MS. Eng. misc. c. 76
Summary
Collections made by Sir Frederic Madden for his edition of The Old English Versions of the Gesta Romanorum, Roxburghe Club, 1838. The principal contents are:
Fol. 16. author's MS. of the notes to the 1838 edition prepared for the press, beginning imperfect
Fol. 36. account of a MS. of the Gesta Romanorum purchased by Thomas Wright at Paris in Jan. 1843
Fol. 49. account of a MS. of the same work in the library of the hon. Thos. Greville, 1839
Fol. 54. account of MSS. of the Gesta in the British Museum (fols. 54, 103), the Bodleian Library (fol. 99), the Cambridge University Library (fol. 106), the Imperial Library at Vienna (fol. 112)
Fol. 118. collation of some early printed editions
Fol. 131. descriptions of the printed editions with tracings of their watermarks
Fol. 187. account of the Disciplina Clericalis of Petrus Alfonsus
Fol. 205. notes of stories in the Gesta recurring in other collections, etc.
Date
Written about 1838-1843 by Sir Fred. Madden
Language
English
Physical facet
On paper
Physical extent
249 Leaves
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Collection contents
Collections made by Sir Frederic Madden
