Twenty-six manuscripts collected by Richard Heber, relating to Spanish history and literature in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries.
Heber (Yriarte) Spanish Manuscripts
This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford
- Reference
- GB 161 MSS. Add. A. 136-57, C. 126-9
- Dates of Creation
- 17th-18th century
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- Spanish or Castilian, and Latin.
- Physical Description
- 26 shelfmarks
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Richard Heber (1773-1833) was an MP, book collector and classical scholar. 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 formed part of the Richard Heber sale on 9 June 1835, where they were bought for 40. The Heber catalogue states that they were all 'from the Iriate [Yriate] Collection'.
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. 28360-28385.