Descriptive Catalogue of the Manuscripts
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Excerpt from Descriptive Catalogue of the Manuscripts: In the Library of Eton College Of the history of the collection, and of the building in which it is housed, I might write at some length; but a very short summary of the facts must suffice. First, as to the books. The sources from which they came, so far as I have been able to ascertain them, are seen in the List of Donors and Owners. William Horman and Sir Henry Wotton stand out pre-eminent as the two great benefactors of the Library. The latter has contributed nearly all the most valuable Mss. The bulk of his bequest consists of Greek and Italian Mss.: and many of these - perhaps all of them - were once the property of Bernardo Bembo, the father of Pietro Bembo. These Wotton no doubt bought at Venice. Two volumes are known to me which once formed part of the same collection, but did not come to Eton: one is a Horace at King´s College (No. 34), the other, which I have never seen, is a Terence at Brasenose (No. 18), of the eleventh century - "bought," says Coxe´s Catalogue "of the heirs of Pietro Bembo at Venice in 1632,"which date is probably wrong. The Horace was given by Wotton to Samuel Collins in 1630, and the Terence to William Hacwell. Next, as to the building. The Founder´s will provided for a Library in the East ´pane,´ or walk of the Cloister: it was to be 52 feet long by 24 wide. This, however, was never built. The books belonging to the College were kept first in the vestry of the Chapel, then in "Election Hall" (where the painted glass appropriate to the different classes of books still remains in part); then in a room under Long Chamber: after that (in 1688, when David Loggan drew his view of the College) in the south-east part of the Cloister: and, lastly, they were transferred to the present building, which was constructed between 1725 and 1729, after the designs of one Mr Rowland. In 1719 the chains were removed from the books "excepting the Founders Manuscripts." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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