IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0103 MS ADD 216
Held at: University College London
Title: Eton Poems
Date(s): 18th century
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 1 volume
Name of creator(s): Various Eton schoolboys
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Eton College, a public school in Eton, Berkshire, was founded by Henry VI in 1440-1441 and largely educates boys from the upper classes. The precise background to this manuscript is unknown.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
'Poemata Etonensia': copies of Latin verses.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: Latin
System of arrangement:
Conditions governing access:
Open.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Normal copyright restrictions apply.
Physical characteristics:
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Collection level description.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
From the library of Dr Frederic Septimus Leighton.
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica online.
Date(s) of descriptions: 1999, revised Jul 2001