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A group of theological, literary, scientific and historical manuscripts, together...

Catalogue reference: Mi LM 1-37

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This record is about the A group of theological, literary, scientific and historical manuscripts, together... dating from 12th century-1863.

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Mi LM 1-37

Title

A group of theological, literary, scientific and historical manuscripts, together with a series of natural history collections

Date

12th century-1863

Description

These volumes and loose sheet manuscripts formed part of the library of the Willoughby family, as formerly held at Wollaton Hall, Nottinghamshire. The University's original typescript catalogue of the late 1940s described these very briefly, in one-line entries. A number of the items have been the subject of extensive research and are more fully described in the following three reference sources. This finding aid incorporates some material from these sources and refers readers to them for more detail, using the abbreviations indicated here.

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Nottingham University Library, Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections
Language

English

Publication note(s)
<span class="wrapper"><p>Historical Manuscripts Commission, Report on the Manuscripts of Lord Middleton Preserved at Wollaton Hall, Nottinghamshire, compiled by W.H. Stevenson (London, 1911) (= HMC Report)</p> <p>Image &amp; Text: Medieval Manuscripts at the University of Nottingham, by Thorlac Turville-Petre, with the assistance of Dorothy Johnston (University of Nottingham, 1996) (=I&amp; T)</p> <p>'Francis Willoughby, F.R.S. (1635-1672)', by Mary A. Welch., Journal. of the Society for the Biblography of Natural History (1972) 6, 71-85 (=FW)</p></span>
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/0ba587e1-37df-4aa3-acd9-7c4e07cee8a2/

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Within the fonds: GB 159 Mi

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Within the sub-fonds: GB 159 Mi A-X

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A group of theological, literary, scientific and historical manuscripts, together with a series of natural history collections