Godwyn's manuscripts relating to his collection of coins. The manuscripts consist of catalogues, lists and notebooks.
Godwyn Numismatic Manuscripts
This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford
- Reference
- GB 161 MSS. Godwyn Num. 1-13
- Dates of Creation
- 17th-18th century
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English, Latin, and Ancient Greek (to 1453).
- Physical Description
- 13 shelfmarks
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Charles Godwyn (b 1701) was a numismatist.
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 collection was formed in 1902, from papers which presumably accompanied Charles Godwyn's bequest of coins received in 1770.
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. 30660-72.