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Name Conybeare, John Josias, geologist and scholar Level [32] Fonds

1. Add MS 36527

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BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES by Joseph Hunter, F.S.A. (1783-1861), of certain of his "contemporaries who have gained some celebrity, chiefly in the literary world." Arranged in three classes, according to the period when he first became acquainted with them, viz.: Class i. (f. b), before 1805; Class ii. (f. 47), 1805- 1809; Class iii. (f. 83), 1809-1833, with additions to 1836. The preface is dated 26 Oct. 1827. The names are included in the Index. Paper; ff 221. XIX cent. With bookplate of J. Hunte...
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Bookplates: Hunter (Joseph). Joseph Hunter, FRS, FSA, Assistant Keeper of Public Records: Biographical notices of his contemporaries: 19th cent. Joseph Hunter, FRS, FSA, Assistant Keeper of Public Records: Bookplate. includes: f. 5 James Montgomery, poet: Biographical notice: 1827. f. 16 Ebe...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19th century
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1 item

2. Add MS 71716

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CONYBEARE'S COLLATION OF 'BEOWULF': Interleaved copy of Grímur Jónsson Thorkelin, De Danorum Rebus Gestis (Copenhagen, 1815), the first edition of 'Beowulf', annotated by Reverend John Josias Conybeare, geologist and Rawlinson Professor of Anglo-Saxon at the University of Oxford; 1817-1820. Partly Latin. Partly printed. Conybeare's annotations include a detailed collation of Thorkelin's edition with the original MS. of 'Beowulf', Cotton MS. Vitellius A. xv, ff. 132-201, which provides, in th...
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John Josias Conybeare, geologist and scholar: Grímur Jónsson Thorkelin, Danish antiquary: William Daniel Conybeare, geologist; Dean of Llandaff: Collation of Thorkelin's edition of `Beowulf' by John Josias Conybeare, with additional notes by William Daniel Conybeare: 1817-1820: Partly Lat.: Part...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1817-1820
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1 item