Digital Medieval Manuscripts at Houghton Library
Bibliography for Harvard University, Houghton Library,
MS Lat 256
This bibliography was compiled by Nadia Marx and William Stoneman.
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HOLLIS Record (Link)
Justin Winsor, “The Collection of Books and Autographs Bequeathed to Harvard College Library by the Honorable Charles Sumner,” Harvard University Library Bibliographical Contributions 6 (1879). MS cited p. 16, col. 1, no. 3.
Brief description. HOLLIS
Seymour de Ricci, with the assistance of W. J. Wilson. Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada. New York: H. W. Wilson, 1935-1940. (Reprint 1961). MS cited p. 1017 as Sumner 65.
Brief description. HOLLIS
W.H. Bond and C.U. Faye, Supplement to the Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada. New York: Bibliographical Society of America, 1962. MS cited p. 244.
Very brief citation of call number change. HOLLIS
Rodney G. Dennis, “The World of Madness and the World of Dreams: Charles Sumner and Philip Hofer as Collectors of Early Manuscripts,” Gazette of the Grolier Club, new series 42 (1990), 17-37. Lat 256 cited pp. 23-24.
Brief allusion to the manuscript as a reflection of the acquisition efforts of the donor to Harvard. HOLLIS
