Seven volumes of 'Greek Essays' compiled by Mary Lonsdale. The volumes are distinguished by exquisite calligraphy and great variety of coloured illustration.
Lonsdale Manuscripts
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- ReferenceGB 161 MSS. Bodl. 1014-20
- Dates of Creation1838-53
- Name of Creator
- Language of MaterialEnglish, and Ancient Greek (to 1453).
- Physical Description7 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.