Descriptions of MSS. Rawlinson B. 1-511 by Bulkeley Bandinel

Scope and Content

Two notebooks containing brief descriptions of MSS. Rawlinson B. 1-511 by Bulkeley Bandinel, c. 1810, an earlier version of the folio volume in library records, mentioned in the Summary Catalogue iii, 178.

MSS. Rawlinson B. 1-511 relate to English history, genealogy, heraldry, Irish history, and include Rawlinson's parochial collections for Oxfordshire.

Administrative / Biographical History

Bulkeley Bandinel (1781-1861) was Bodley's Librarian, 1813-60. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.

Access Information

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures see http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk).

Acquisition Information

Bought by the Library, Sotheby. 22 Jun. 1976.

Note

Collection level description created by Susan Thomas, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.

Other Finding Aids

A description is available in the Library, where there is also a card index to unpublished catalogues.

Related Material

MSS. Rawlinson B. 1-511.

Corporate Names