In conclusion, some specimens may be given of various kinds of material
which await, so far as the writer knows, investigation. Some may turn
out to be used or printed, some not to deserve printing, but they may at
least lead on intending researchers to adopt the only satisfactory plan,
which is to read through the Catalogues of the manuscript collections,
and find what suits their tastes and capabilities. The field of Oxford
history is so plentiful and so untilled that it can be found by any one
without trouble, and it is therefore here passed over. Any one inspired
to cultivate it will find a wealth of material, both antiquarian, topical
and literary. The following jottings are divided under a few general
headings, but are otherwise in no order and could be indefinitely
extended. The Bodleian statute requires that the leave of the Librarian
or Curators be obtained before any manuscript is copied with a view to
publication. The purpose is, not to stifle research, but to eliminate
incompetent or conflicting editors.
_Historical_
Register of Lands about Agen, in Gascony, Latin, 13th cent. (2933).
Chronicle of England to 1221, Latin, 14th cent. (2444).
Fountains Abbey records (1892, etc.).
Rich. II and London, a Latin poem, A.D. 1393 (3631).
Military expenses of Henry VIII (30300).
Pococke’s Tour in Ireland, 1758 (30722).
Letterbook of a Parliamentarian officer (Bradshaw) 1648-60 (25573).
Triple picture of the battle of Pinkie, 1547 (30492).
Civil War Scouts’ reports (33552).
Gulielmus Gemeticensis, Historia Normannorum, abt. A.D. 1100 (2580).
Latin Chronicle of the First Crusade and England, 1095-1118 (2402).
Letters to Bp. Burnet (30175).
_Literary_
Latin Dialogue between Magister and Discipulus on the Latin tongue, 11th
cent. (2737).
“The Chaunce of the Dyse” (dice), etc., Middle English verse, 15th cent.
(2078).
Middle English treatise of a son instructing his mother abt. 1400 (2315).
The history of Greek Studies in Europe (Hody), late 17th cent. (8887-90,
8901-3, etc.).
Middle English verse (3440, 29003, 30314, etc.).
_Miscellaneous_
Hearne’s autograph autobiography (15603).
Pointer on clog-almanacks, 18th cent. (13478).
Aubrey on English architecture, A.D. 1671 (28427).
Letters from China, A.D. 1701 (27874).
Laws, etc., of the Swanimote, A.D. 1587 (30273).
Malone correspondence, A.D. 1767-1811 (28578).
APPENDIX
The chief books on the Bodleian Library are:—
MACRAY, W. D., _Annals of the Bodleian_, 2nd edition, 1890 (the standard
work on its history to 1880). 25s.
_Reliquiæ Bodleianæ ... containing his Life ... and a Collection of
Letters to Dr. James, etc._ (edited by Thomas Hearne, London, 1703).
Unfortunately the letters, being not fully dated, are in almost haphazard
order.
NICHOLSON, E. W. B., the Bodleian Library in 1882-7, a Report, 1888,
and thereafter Annual Reports issued as parts of the _Oxford University
Gazette_.
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