Manuscripts, mainly medieval, collected by Lyell, arranged in the following categories:
- British Isles
- France
- Germany and Austria
- Italy
- Netherlands
- Portugal
- Spain
- Greek
- Hebrew
- Arabic
- Lyell empt.
Manuscripts of James P.R. Lyell
Archive Collection
- This material is held at
- ReferenceGB 161 MSS. Ch. For. 112, 114-5; Lyell 1-100; Lyell empt. 1-65; Top. Oxon e. 772
- Dates of Creation11th-20th century
- Language of MaterialLatin, French, English, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish or Castilian, Ancient Greek (to 1453), Hebrew, Arabic, and Spanish or Castilian.
- Physical Description169 shelfmarks
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
James Patrick Ronaldson Lyell (1871-1948) was a collector of printed books and manuscripts.
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.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/specialcollections).
Acquisition Information
The manuscripts were bequeathed to the Library by Lyell in 1948.
Note
Collection level description created by Emily Tarrant, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.
Other Finding Aids
A.C. de la Mare, Catalogue ... of Medieval Manuscripts Bequeathed ... by James P.R. Lyell (Oxford, 1971)