Descriptions of MSS. Rawlinson B. 1-511 by Bulkeley Bandinel

Collection Level Description: Descriptions of MSS. Rawlinson B. 1-511 by Bulkeley Bandinel

Reference: MSS. Eng. misc. d. 959-60
Title: Descriptions of MSS. Rawlinson B. 1-511 by Bulkeley Bandinel
Dates of Creation: [c. 1810]
Extent: 2 shelfmarks
Name of Creator: Bulkeley Bandinel

Language of Material: English

Administrative/Biographical History

Bulkeley Bandinel (1781-1861) was Bodley's Librarian, 1813-60. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.

Scope and Content

Two notebooks containing brief descriptions of MSS. Rawlinson B. 1-511 by Bulkeley Bandinel, c. 1810, an earlier version of the folio volume in library records, mentioned in the Summary Catalogue iii, 178.

MSS. Rawlinson B. 1-511 relate to English history, genealogy, heraldry, Irish history, and include Rawlinson's parochial collections for Oxfordshire.

Administrative Information

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Bought by the Library, Sotheby. 22 Jun. 1976.

Access Conditions

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/services/admissions/).

Further Information

Finding Aids

A description is available in the Library, where there is also a card index to unpublished catalogues.

Related Units of Description

MSS. Rawlinson B. 1-511.

Access Points

Bandinel | Bulkeley | 1781-1861 | Bodley's Librarian

Rawlinson | Richard | 1690-1755 | Antiquary and Nonjuror

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