A Descriptive Catalogue of the Western Manuscripts to c. 1600, in Christ Church, Oxford
- Submitting institution
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The University of Kent
- Unit of assessment
- 28 - History
- Output identifier
- 14105
- Type
- R - Scholarly edition
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- Title of edition
- A Descriptive Catalogue of the Western Manuscripts to c. 1600, in Christ Church, Oxford
- Publisher
- Oxford Bibliographical Society
- ISBN
- 9780901420619
- Open access status
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- Month of publication
- July
- Year of publication
- 2017
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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1
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Double-weighted statement
- This is a scholarly research catalogue (critical examination of scholarly sources) and a “longer-form output”. It totals 476 pages and c. 250k words, and was researched for over five years. Replacing the 1867 catalogue of the collection, this catalogue provides codicological and palaeographical examination of the physical properties and textual details of each of the 77 manuscripts located in the archives and library of Christ Church, Oxford. Descriptions are annotated through extensive research in the institution’s archives and elsewhere. The 60-page introduction suggests the wider significance for Early Modern cultural history of the development of the collection.
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- This is a scholarly research catalogue (critical examination of scholarly sources) and a “longer-form output”. It totals 476 pages and c. 250K words, and was researched for over five years. The catalogue replaces the one previous catalogue of the collection, from 1867, and brings the discussion not only up to modern standards but now sets the standard for what descriptions should include. Rundle produced codicological and palaeographical examination of the physical properties and textual details of each of the 77 manuscript. This work was supplemented by Rundle’s research, in the institution’s archives and elsewhere, for the full introduction placing the manuscripts in historical context (for which I am acknowledged as lead author). The introduction and appendices run to 40K words; of those, 35K are Rundle’s and 5K are Hanna’s – Rundle’s contribution is about 85% (acknowledged by Rundle being first-named for that section). The descriptions were more fully co-authored. Hanna provided drafts for about 55 of the over 77 manuscripts catalogues in the book; Rundle first-authored the description of the remaining 22 manuscripts. Rundle also rewrote Hanna’s drafts, at times completely, making sure that there was a set uniform standard: Rundle’s contribution to the manuscript descriptions in this volume is therefore over 50% of the total work necessitated for its completion.
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- Non-English
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