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The Western manuscripts were reexamined, and those in collections which had not been catalogued in the Quarto Catalogue (the Bodley collection, etc.) were now catalogued, in the Summary Catalogue of Western Manuscripts, 7 vols. In the late nineteenth century, a new attempt to catalogue the collection was undertaken, under quite different principles. Various early efforts of seventeenth and eighteenth centuries culminated in the nineteenth-century 'Quarto Catalogue': Catalogi codicum manuscriptorum bibliothecæ Bodleianæ 14 parts (some in multiple volumes), Oxford, 1845-1906.

1 of which was further reprinted in 1972).

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Coxe also did a series of catalogues of the manuscripts in the libraries of the various Oxford colleges, and these were reprinted in a 2-volume set in 1852 (Vol. Coxe published a series of descriptions of some of the main Bodleian collections, and some of these have been reprinted in the 1960s and 70s.

In the early part of the nineteenth century, H. There is no complete set of published descriptions of the manuscripts in the Bodleian Library. Other manuscripts acquired since 1915 are listed in a typescript catalogue which can be consulted in Duke Humphrey's Library at the Bodleian.īecause the following list of the collections and the range of shelf marks used in each is based on the information in the original series of the Sum.Cat, it does not reflect any additions since 1915. Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford: Acquisitions 1916-1975 (SC 37300-55936). This has recently been supplemented, with respect to post-medieval manuscripts:Ĭlapinson, Mary, and T. A Summary Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not Hitherto been Catalogued in the Quarto Series, with References to the Oriental and Other Manuscripts. covers manuscripts acquired up until 1915 only: 1 of the Summary Catalogue of Western Manuscripts, 1953. The following information is extracted from the 'Conspectus of Shelf-Marks of Western Manuscripts' in Vol. You are here: > Main Page > Course Notes > Libraries and Archives: Bodleian MS collections Libraries and Archives: Bodleian Library: Principal Collections of Western Manuscripts Manuscript Studies: Libraries and Archives: Bodleian MS collections

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