Fell's medieval and antiquarian manuscripts, including lives of saints.
Fell Manuscripts
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- ReferenceGB 161 MSS. Fell 2, 5-20
- Dates of Creation12th-17th century
- Name of Creator
- Language of MaterialLatin, and Ancient Greek (to 1453).
- Physical Description20 shelfmarks
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
John Fell was born in 1625. After an education at Thame School he was made a student of Christ Church, Oxford, at the age of eleven. Thence he took his MA in 1643. In 1660 he became Dean of Christ Church and in 1675 he was elected Bishop of Oxford. He died on 10 July 1686. Further 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.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/specialcollections).
Acquisition Information
The manuscripts were bequeathed to the Library by Fell in 1686.
Note
Collection level description created by Emily Tarrant, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.
Other Finding Aids
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. II, nos. 8687-8708.