Notebooks of Alexander Nicoll

Collection Level Description: Notebooks of Alexander Nicoll

Reference: MSS. Lat. misc. b. 9, c. 23-46, e. 45-6
Title: Notebooks of Alexander Nicoll
Dates of Creation: 19th cent.
Extent: 27 shelfmarks

Language of Material: Latin

Administrative/Biographical History

Alexander Nicoll (1793-1828) was sub-librarian of the Bodleian, 1813-17, and Regius Professor of Hebrew, 1822-28. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.

Scope and Content

Notebooks of Alexander Nicoll, consisting of:

Volumes containing notes of books and articles with some quotations and comments, arranged alphabetically under subject headings
List of books and articles on Oriental subjects, arranged alphabetically by subject
Lists of books, arranged by author, relating to Oriental subjects
Notes on Latin phrases

Administrative Information

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The notebooks were transferred from Library records in 1916.

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

M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. II, nos. 47865-91.

Access Points

Orientalism

Nicoll | Alexander | 1793-1828 | Orientalist

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