/ en /very-inconsiderable-exceptg-they-are-hand-writing-so-great-man-provenance-isaac-newtons-manuscripts <div class="top-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large_navigation/public/2023-07/New%20College%20Library%2C%20Oxford%2C%20MS%20361-2%2C%20f.%2045v.jpg.webp?itok=e46rBqLK" width="655" height="435" alt="°ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Library, Oxford, MS 361/2, f. 45v [detail]" class="img-responsive"> </div> <div class="field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field--item"><h2> ‘Very inconsiderable exceptg that they are the Hand writing of so great a Man’: The Provenance of Isaac Newton’s Manuscripts at °ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ, Oxford </h2> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">Frederik Dhondt</div> <div class="field field--name-field-issue field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Issue number</div> <div class="field--item">(2023): 19</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-notes-category field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Notes category</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/92" hreflang="en">Isaac Newton</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/93" hreflang="en">Jeffrey Ekins</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/470" hreflang="en">Arthur Ashley Sykes</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/52" hreflang="en">Library Manuscripts</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/376" hreflang="en">MS 361</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/377" hreflang="en">MS 361/1</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/378" hreflang="en">MS 361/2</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/379" hreflang="en">MS 361/3</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/380" hreflang="en">MS 361/4</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="middle-wrapper"> <div class="inner-middle-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-8"> <div class="field field--name-field-summary field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><h3>In 1872 a set of Issac Newton’s manuscripts was bequeated to °ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ, Oxford by the Reverend Jeffrey Ekins. Although Newton scholars were well aware of this collection, its provenance is shrouded in mystery.</h3> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>°ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Library, Oxford, MS 361/2, f. 45v [detail]</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h5><strong>°ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Library and Archives, Oxford</strong></h5> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-2 col-md-offset-2 col-sm-3 col-sm-offset-1"> <div class="field field--name-field-attachment field--type-file field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"><span class="file file--mime-application-pdf file--application-pdf icon-before"><span class="file-icon"><span class="icon glyphicon glyphicon-file text-primary" aria-hidden="true"></span></span><span class="file-link"><a href="/sites/default/files/2023-07/19NCN5%20%282023%29%20Dhondt%20on%20Provenance.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=1518716" title="Open file in new window" target="_blank" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom">19NCN5 (2023) Dhondt on Provenance.pdf</a></span><span class="file-size">1.45 MB</span></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> </div> </div> </div> </div> Mon, 31 Jul 2023 13:35:04 +0000 Christopher 2765 at /node/2486 <div class="top-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large_navigation/public/2022-07/New%20College%20Library%2C%20Oxford%2C%20MS%20361-2%2C%20f.%2077v.JPG.webp?itok=Mz9goQaw" width="655" height="435" alt="°ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Library, Oxford, MS 361/2, f. 77v" class="img-responsive"> </div> <div class="field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field--item"><h2> ‘A chain of invincible reasoning’? Isaac Newton’s Writing Practices in the °ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Manuscripts </h2> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">Jack Avery</div> <div class="field field--name-field-issue field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Issue number</div> <div class="field--item">(2022): 17</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-notes-category field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Notes category</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/92" hreflang="en">Isaac Newton</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/52" hreflang="en">Library Manuscripts</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/376" hreflang="en">MS 361</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/377" hreflang="en">MS 361/1</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/378" hreflang="en">MS 361/2</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/379" hreflang="en">MS 361/3</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/380" hreflang="en">MS 361/4</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="middle-wrapper"> <div class="inner-middle-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-8"> <div class="field field--name-field-summary field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><h3>One of °ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Library’s greatest treasures is its set of four volumes of research manuscripts from the desk of Sir Isaac Newton. While valuable objects in themselves, they are also highly significant for researchers hoping to piece together the complex research of Newton’s final decades, in which he sought to reset the timelines of ancient chronology.</h3> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>°ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Library, Oxford, MS 361/2, f. 77v</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h5><strong>°ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Library and Archives, Oxford</strong></h5> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-2 col-md-offset-2 col-sm-3 col-sm-offset-1"> <div class="field field--name-field-attachment field--type-file field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"><span class="file file--mime-application-pdf file--application-pdf icon-before"><span class="file-icon"><span class="icon glyphicon glyphicon-file text-primary" aria-hidden="true"></span></span><span class="file-link"><a href="/sites/default/files/2022-07/17NCN6%20%282022%29%20Avery%20on%20Isaac%20Newton%27s%20Writing%20Practices.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=2709342" title="Open file in new window" target="_blank" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom">17NCN6 (2022) Avery on Isaac Newton's Writing Practices.pdf</a></span><span class="file-size">2.58 MB</span></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> </div> </div> </div> </div> Thu, 28 Jul 2022 19:18:49 +0000 Christopher 2486 at /node/2218 <div class="top-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large_navigation/public/2021-07/Principia.jpg.webp?itok=eiyPotzg" width="655" height="435" alt="Isaac Newton’s Principia Mathematica (London, 1687), °ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Library, Oxford, BT1.128.26" class="img-responsive"> </div> <div class="field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field--item"><h2> Bonfoy Trimnell (d. 1691): Birthday Poet, and Donor of Newton’s Principia </h2> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">William Poole</div> <div class="field field--name-field-issue field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Issue number</div> <div class="field--item">(2021): 15</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-notes-category field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Notes category</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/80" hreflang="en">Library Antiquarian</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/85" hreflang="en">Library Benefactors' Book</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/316" hreflang="en">Bonfoy Trimnell </a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/92" hreflang="en">Isaac Newton</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/317" hreflang="en">BT1.128.26</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/318" hreflang="en">BT3.191.12</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="middle-wrapper"> <div class="inner-middle-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-8"> <div class="field field--name-field-summary field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><h3>°ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ’s copy of the first edition of Isaac Newton’s <em>Principia Mathematica</em> (London, 1687) was donated to the college library shortly after its publication by the otherwise obscure Bonfoy Trimnell (BA 1686, MA 1690).&nbsp; Who was Bonfoy Trimnell and why is so very little known about him?&nbsp;&nbsp;</h3> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>°ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Library, Oxford, BT1.128.26</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h5><strong>°ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Library and Archives, Oxford</strong></h5> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-2 col-md-offset-2 col-sm-3 col-sm-offset-1"> <div class="field field--name-field-attachment field--type-file field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"><span class="file file--mime-application-pdf file--application-pdf icon-before"><span class="file-icon"><span class="icon glyphicon glyphicon-file text-primary" aria-hidden="true"></span></span><span class="file-link"><a href="/sites/default/files/2021-07/15NCN8%20%282021%29%20Poole%20on%20Trimnell.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=443835" title="Open file in new window" target="_blank" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom">15NCN8 (2021) Poole on Trimnell.pdf</a></span><span class="file-size">433.43 KB</span></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> </div> </div> </div> </div> Mon, 19 Jul 2021 11:40:36 +0000 Christopher 2218 at /node/1631 <div class="top-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large_navigation/public/2018-06/Newton%27s%202%20prisms%20diagram.jpg.webp?itok=oGS7-X5i" width="655" height="435" alt="Isaac Newton's sketch of his experiment with a camera obscura and two prisms, °ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Library, MS361/2" class="img-responsive"> </div> <div class="field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field--item"><h2> Seeing the Light: Being the story of Sir Isaac Newton’s prisms and papers and the means by which they came to °ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ </h2> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">Jason Morgan</div> <div class="field field--name-field-issue field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Issue number</div> <div class="field--item">(2018): 09</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-notes-category field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Notes category</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/88" hreflang="en">Library Manuscript</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/89" hreflang="en">MS361/2</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/90" hreflang="en">MS361/4</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/74" hreflang="en">Archives</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/91" hreflang="en">NCA2844</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/92" hreflang="en">Isaac Newton</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/93" hreflang="en">Jeffrey Ekins</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/94" hreflang="en">Newton bequest</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="middle-wrapper"> <div class="inner-middle-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-8"> <div class="field field--name-field-summary field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p><em>Isaac Newton<span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Garamond&quot;,serif">’</span></span>s sketch of his experiment<br> with a camera obscura and two prisms</em></p> <h5>°ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Library, MS 361/2</h5> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-2 col-md-offset-2 col-sm-3 col-sm-offset-1"> <div class="field field--name-field-attachment field--type-file field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"><span class="file file--mime-application-pdf file--application-pdf icon-before"><span class="file-icon"><span class="icon glyphicon glyphicon-file text-primary" aria-hidden="true"></span></span><span class="file-link"><a href="/sites/default/files/2019-08/9NCN10%20%282018%29%20Morgan%20on%20Seeing%20the%20Light.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=1144699" title="Open file in new window" target="_blank" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom">9NCN10 (2018) Morgan on Seeing the Light.pdf</a></span><span class="file-size">1.09 MB</span></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> </div> </div> </div> </div> Tue, 12 Jun 2018 08:03:37 +0000 Sam 1631 at