SION COLLEGE LIBRARY CATALOGUES

Catalogus librorum a Bibliotheca Collegii de Sione ad Hospitium Suttonianum (vulgo Charterhouse) Londino conflagrante Calend. Septemb. Anno MDCLXVI transmissorum'. Catalogues of the printed books and manuscripts of Sion College saved from the destruction of the College in the Fire of London of 1666 and carried to safety at the Charterhouse. Two volumes, one a catalogue arranged by authors, the other a catalogue arranged by shelf marks. The shelf marks of the printed books differ from the earlier shelf marks (eg. those found in Sion L40.2/E93) and represent a new post-Fire arrangement of the collection. With catalogues of books lost in the fire and recovered or replaced. Sion L40.2/E58/1. A catalogue arranged by authors. 48 ff. Folios 1-46 are in the hand of John Spencer (d. 1680), Librarian of Sion College. f. 1r. Title: 'Catalogus librorum a Bibliotheca Collegii de Sione ad Hospitium Suttonianum (vulgo Charterhouse) Londino conflagrante Calend. Septemb. Anno MDCLXVI transmissorum'. ff. 1r-22v. Printed books, authors A-Z. Folios. ff. 23r-30v. Printed books, authors A-Z. Quartos. f. 31r. Greek manuscripts. f. 31v. Latin manuscripts. f. 32r-v. English manuscripts. ff. 34r-44v. 'Catalogus librorum aut incendii tempore interportandum amissorum, aut flammis perditorum: quorum si quis defectum (modo quamvis tenui suppeditaverit, Reipub. literariae gratum faciet'. A catalogue of books lost in the Fire or in transit [to the Charterhouse]. Records folios and quartos only, arranged by authors A-Z. For other lists by Spencer see Sion L40.2/E117, ff. 1-16. f. 45r-v. 'Libri amissi et rursus restituti'. Books lost but subsequently recovered. For another list by Spencer see Sion L40.2/E117, f. 17. f. 46r. Statistics on books lost and surviving. ff. 47r-48r. A letter (incomplete) addressed 'Madam' setting out the doctrines of the fall and redemption. 17th century. Sion L40.2/E58/2. A catalogue arranged by shelfmarks. 46 ff. In the hand of John Spencer (d. 1680), Librarian of Sion College. f. 2v. Title: 'Catalogus librorum a Bibliotheca Collegii de Sione ad Hospitium Suttonianum (vulgo Charterhouse) Londino conflagrante Calend. Septemb. Anno MDCLXVI transmissorum'. ff. 3r-23v. Printed books, shelf marks A1 to Z. Folios. ff. 25r-29v. Printed books, shelf marks A1 to Z. Quartos. f. 31r. Greek manuscripts. ff. 31v-32v. Latin and English manuscripts. ff. 33r-46v. Commentaries on the Bible, the Sentences of Peter Lombard, the works of Aquinas etc.

Catalogues of Sion College Library in the hand of John Spencer: Sion L40.2/E4; E5 (2 vols); E58 (2 vols); E92; E93; E117; E169-171.

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