Alfred Fairbank: examples of 16C Cambridge italic hands

Photostats of italic hands from the following institutions and MSS: British Library Lansdowne 2-3, 7-8, 10-12, 15-21, 23-25, 27-28, 30, 34, 36, 39, 42, 45, 50, 54, 61-63, 69, 82, 87, 98, 104; Harleian 417, 6350, 6986; Cotton Faust. C III, VII, Vesp. F III, Calig. C III, Royal Appendix 87, Royal 16 C IX, Royal 18 A LXI, Add. MSS 19400, 35840; Public Record Office, SP 1/37, 42, 10/4, 6, 11/9, 12, 12/2, 6, 7, 10, 17, 19, 20, 22, 32, 35, 38, 40, 42-44, 46, 48-49, 67, 69/6, 71, 73-74, 77, 80, 83, 86, 92, 103, 108; CUL, Add. 40, Adv. d.4.4, UA Black parchment book, Junior Proctor's book; Corpus Christi Cambridge MSS 104, 106, 108, 114a-b, 119; St. John's Aa 1 51, 6 20, 74, H 18, L 3, Trinity R 14 2; Bodleian Rawl. D 1317, University College E 171. [1-13] letters, Fairbank to J.C.T. Oates (1958-63), [14] to Bruce Dickins (1962). JCTO notebook, 'Fairbank's Italica', lists of MSS copied and used in exhibition. Exhibition notices ('Roger Ascham', 'Sir John Cheke', 'Bartholomew Dodington') and labels in Jill Richardson's hand.

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Presented by Alfred Fairbank, circa 1958

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