Historical Collections by John Bruce

This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford

  • Reference
    • GB 161 MSS. Eng. misc. b. 27-8
  • Dates of Creation
    • 16th-19th century
  • Language of Material
    • English.
  • Physical Description
    • 2 shelfmarks

Scope and Content

Historical collections by John Bruce, containing notes, transcripts, letters and original documents.

Administrative / Biographical History

John Bruce (1802-1869) was an antiquary. 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 collections were given to the Library by Falconer Madan before 1925.

Note

Collection level description created by Emily Tarrant, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.

Other Finding Aids

M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. I, nos. 42062-3.

Subjects

History