Scientific manuscripts of Lister, including manuscripts on fossils, medicine and shells, with letters, notes and extracts, and copies of works.
Dates
- Creation: 17th-18th century
Extent
5.06 Linear metres (46 boxes)
Language of Materials
- English
- Latin
- Italian
- French
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Lister 1].
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. Lister 1-32, 32*, 33-40; MSS. Lister Or. 1-5
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 13187
Abstract
Scientific manuscripts of Dr Martin Lister, 17th-18th century.
Biographical / Historical
Dr Martin Lister (1638-1712), Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge, was physician to Queen Anne, and author of the Historia Conchyliorum (1685-1692). He was a considerable benefactor to the Ashmolean Museum. The University of Oxford granted him the degree of Doctor of Medicine by diploma on 5 March 1684, and his name was placed in gold letters over the door of the Library at the Museum as the chief benefactor to it next to Ashmole himself. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.
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. 25229-25274.
Our best descriptions for Oriental items in this collection are in FIHRIST, in Oxford Libraries under MSS. Lister Or..
Custodial History
Lister bequeathed to the Asmolean Museum all his books and copperplates. Part of his correspondence and perhaps some of his personal papers came to the Museum by the gift of Dr George Fothergill in 1769. In 1694-1695 and 1695-1696 the Vice-Chancellor's accounts show money paid for the carriage of volumes presented to the Ashmolean by Lister.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The collection was transferred to the Library from the Ashmolean Museum in 1860.
Subject
- Title
- Lister Manuscripts
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Collection Level Description by Emily Tarrant; EAD version 2020 by Pauline Soum-Paris
- Date
- EAD version 2020
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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