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Project / Collection Stowe Collection Name Elstob, Elizabeth, calligrapher and Old English scholar, 1683-1756 Level [40] File

1. Stowe MS 753

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Stowe MS 753
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Vol. II.(ff. 301). LETTERS On various topics; 10 May 1730-13 Dec. 1756. includes: f. 1 'Boulephorus': Letter to C. Lyttelton: 1730. f. 3 Thomas Tanner, Canon of Christ Church, Oxford, afterwards Bishop of St. Asaph: Letter to Dr. C. Lyttelton: 1735. ff. 3, 4, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 75 Dudley fami...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 May 1730-13 Dec 1756
Extent:
1 item

2. Stowe MS 940

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Stowe MS 940
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EXTRACTS from the Textus Roffensis, containing many articles Dot printed in Hearne's edition; copied in imitation of the ancient writing by James Smith (described at f. 21 as " puer decennis "), and collated with the original by William and Elizabeth Elstob in 1712. At f. 2 is a list by Dr. Samu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1712
Extent:
1 item

3. Stowe MS 985

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Stowe MS 985
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"COLLECTANEA quædam Anglo-Saxonica e codicibus manuscriptis hinc inde congesta," by William Elstob, M.A. (ob. 1715), and Elizabeth Elstob, his sister. The extracts are mostly taken from manuscripts formerly belonging to Francis Junius, and by him bequeathed to the Bodleian Library. They were pro...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1712
Extent:
1 item