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Notebooks compiled by John or Charles Towneley at Douai College

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Notebooks compiled by John or Charles Towneley at Douai College, 1651-2, containing disputations and commentaries on Aristotle, with special reference to the teaching of St. Thomas Aquinas.

Dates

  • Creation: 1651-1652

Extent

0.15 Linear metres (3 boxes)

Language of Materials

  • Latin

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Lat. misc. f. 44, fols. 1-2].

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Full range of shelfmarks:

MSS. Lat. misc. f. 44, f. 47-48

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 9057

Abstract

Notebooks compiled by John or Charles Towneley at Douai College, 1651-1652.

Biographical / Historical

John or Charles Towneley (alias Ashton).

Custodial History

Early shelfmarks inscribed on the first page of each volume '6½: 163'-165; Sotheby's 27 June 1883 (Towneley Hall sale), lot 1; (f. 44) owned by Capt. W. Jaggard; bought, Hodgson's, 22 Oct. 1948, part of lot 595; (f. 47-8).

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Bought by the Library from Guntrips, 1960.

Separated Materials

A printed schedule of subjects in logic to be disputed by John Ashton, 1651, has been removed from the back of MS. Lat. misc. f. 47, and is now [pr. bk.] Vet. E1. a. 1 (3).

Title
Notebooks compiled by John or Charles Towneley at Douai College
Status
Published
Author
Collection Level Description by Susan Thomas; EAD version 2019 by Pauline Soum-Paris
Date
EAD version 2019
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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