Montagu Manuscripts

This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford

  • Reference
    • GB 161 MSS. Montagu c. 1-6, d. 1-33, e. 1-16, f. 1
  • Dates of Creation
    • 15th-19th century
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • Latin, English, Italian, French, German, and Ancient Greek (to 1453).
  • Physical Description
    • 56 shelfmarks

Scope and Content

Manuscripts collected by Captain Montagu. The collection includes:

  • Papers relating to literature, including:
    • copies of works by classical authors
    • English and Italian poetry
    • papers relating to the works of Shakespeare
  • Autographs

Administrative / Biographical History

Captain Montagu Montagu, RN (1787-1863), who entered the navy in 1799, was an author and autograph collector.

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 Captain Montagu in 1863.

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. V, nos. 25397-25458.