SION COLLEGE LIBRARY

Correspondence and papers of Sion College relating primarily to its collections of manuscripts and printed books. 1930, 1952-95. 1 box containing 11 files, as follows: 1. Miscellaneous papers. 1 file, comprising: Copies of the charters granted to Sion College by Charles I in 1635 and Charles II in 1664. Typescript (20th cent.), 10 pp. Supplemental charter granted to Sion College by Elizabeth II. Printed. 1982. 'Books of rarity and value in Sion College Library'. Typescript list, 20 pp. 1958. Books valued at £500 or over. Typescript list, 2 pp. 1961. Newcuttings relating to the sale of books and manuscripts from Sion College, June 1977. 2. Catalogues and lists. 1 file, comprising: 'Summary list of the Latin and English manuscripts in Sion College Library, London', by Christopher J. Kitching of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts. 1990. Typescript, 13 pp. Lists of photographic images from Sion College manuscripts held by the Courtauld Institute of Art. 1986. 13 pp. 3. General correspondence relating to manuscripts. 1952-89. 1 file. 4. Correspondence and papers relating to individual English manuscripts, E16-E153, in manuscript number order. 1952-83. 1 file. For correspondence relating to more than one manuscript, see file 3. 5. Correspondence and papers relating to individual Latin manuscripts, L1-L41, in manuscript number order. 1930, 1959-95. 1 file. 6. Correspondence and papers relating to French, Hebrew, and oriental manuscripts. Included are lists of the Hebrew, Arabic, Persian and Ottoman Turkish manuscripts compiled by the British Library in 1990. 1986-1990. 1 file. 7. Correspondence and papers relating to Greek manuscripts. Included is a fragment of a Greek manuscript on vellum 32 x 46 mm., found in a small Wycliffite Bible [presumably Sion L40.2/E2]. 1955-95. 1 file. 8. Correspondence and papers relating to the conservation of the Sion College manuscripts with the aid of the National Manuscripts Conservation Trust. Included are notes on the conservation of manuscripts by Desmond Shaw and James Cassels and of a Greek manuscript (G5) by Christopher Clarkson. 1991-95. 1 file. 9. Catalogue of the incunabula in Sion College Library. 1957. 1 file. 10. Descriptions and notes on incunabula. n.d. 1 file. 11. Correspondence with Mr. J.V. Lunzer concerning the Bomberg Talmud. 1992-94. 1 file. 12. Information/captions from exhibitions of items from the Sion collection: English manuscripts 15th-17th centuries [1964] First and early editions of some English religious classics Book illustration: mediaeval manuscripts; printed books Illustrated topographical books and other colour-plate books 15th-century printed books Early Bibles Also a copy of the Sion entry from the ‘Directory of Rare Book and Special Collections’, summarising the collection

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