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SION COLLEGE MANUSCRIPTS COLLECTION
Catalogue reference: Sion L40.2
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This record is about the SION COLLEGE MANUSCRIPTS COLLECTION dating from 11th century - 20th century.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- Sion L40.2
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Title (The name of the record)
- SION COLLEGE MANUSCRIPTS COLLECTION
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Date (When the record was created)
- 11th century - 20th century
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Description (What the record is about)
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Sion College was founded under the will of Thomas White (d. 1624), Vicar of St. Dunstan-in-the-West, as an association of the clergy in the city of London. White's executor, John Simson, extended the original scheme to include a Library. Printed books and manuscripts began to be assembled from 1629. The Library grew rapidly, and already held a substantial collection by 1650 when its catalogue was first printed. The Fire of London in 1666 brought severe losses, including many English and Latin manuscripts, but the Library recovered and continued to expand until its closure in 1996. The Sion College manuscripts are arranged by language, comprising English (234 vols, 6 boxes, 2 files), French (1 vol), Greek (14 vols), Hebrew (3 vols), Latin (45 vols), and Oriental (21 vols). Additional manuscript items are bound amongst the printed books and pamphlets of Sion College.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Lambeth Palace Library
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Sion College
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Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
- On the closure of Sion College Library in June 1996, the manuscripts, along with the books printed before 1850 and the entire pamphlet collection, were transferred to Lambeth Palace Library. The post-1850 books were transferred to the Library of King's College London. For a guide to historic catalogues of Sion material see: http://www.lambethpalacelibrary.org/files/sion_college_library_catalogues.pdf The manuscript collections were referenced ARC L40.2 in the Sion Library.
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/6a1bffad-f110-4926-9eb6-a7d927e5b6da/
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SION COLLEGE MANUSCRIPTS COLLECTION