Collection level description created by Susan Thomas, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.
Falconer Madan (1851-1935) was Bodley's Librarian, a palaeographer and bibliographer. Details are given in
Papers of Falconer Madan relating to his
Items found loose and not indexed by Madan include:
Given to the Library in 1999.
Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid
reader's card (for admissions procedures see
A description is available in the Library, where there is also a card index to unpublished catalogues.
See also collections by Falconer Madan (MSS. Eng. misc. d. 258-9); correspondence of Falconer Madan (MSS. Eng. lett. c. 516-18, d. 483); and papers of Falconer Madan relating to manuscripts of Vergil (MSS. Lat. class. d. 20, e. 23).