Seven volumes of 'Greek Essays' compiled by Mary Lonsdale. The volumes are distinguished by exquisite calligraphy and great variety of coloured illustration.
Lonsdale Manuscripts
This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford
- Reference
- GB 161 MSS. Bodl. 1014-20
- Dates of Creation
- 1838-53
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English, and Ancient Greek (to 1453).
- Physical Description
- 7 shelfmarks
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Mary Lonsdale of Bath Easton near Bath.
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
Two of the volumes were presented to the Library by Mary Lonsdale in 1844. The rest were presented to the Library at a later date.
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. 28518-24.