MSS. Fell:
manuscripts from the collection of John Fell (1625-86)

Catalogues
History of the collection

Catalogues

Summary Catalogue, vol. II pt. 2, pp. 1211-4. Note that MSS. Fell 1, 3, and 4 were given to Salisbury Cathedral Library in 1985; for the circumstances surrounding this transfer, see David Vaisey, 'Thomas Hyde and manuscript collecting at the Bodleian Library', in The foundations of scholarship: libraries and collecting, 1650-1750: papers presented at a Clark Library seminar, 9 March 1985 (Los Angeles, 1992), pp. 3-27. The Bodleian has consultation microfilms of all three.

History of the collection

A brief history of the collection may be found preceding the Summary Catalogue entries cited above. In due course we hope to make a copy of the text available here.

Western manuscripts to c. 1500
Western manuscripts
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MSS. Fell: manuscripts from the collection of John Fell (1625-86)

Contents

Catalogues

History of the collection

MSS. Fell:
manuscripts from the collection of John Fell (1625-86)