Directory of Institutions in the United States and Canada with Pre-1600 Manuscript Holdings
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Directory of Institutions in the United States and Canada with Pre-1600 Manuscript Holdings The Directory of Institutions is the first part of a continuation of the Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada, published in 1935 and 1937, and its 1962 Supplement.1 The present Directory details, when known, the current location of the collections listed in the original Census and Supplement, and identifies an additional 281 North American repositories of pre-1600 European manuscripts in Western languages that were not included in the earlier works. For all of the 475 North American repositories, this Directory provides updated contact data and general information on pre-1600 manuscript holdings. Detailed descriptions of individual manuscripts are outside the scope of this Directory, but bibliographical references to published catalogues and internet addresses giving access to on-line cataloguing records are provided when available. Following the organizational scheme of the original Census and Supplement, the Directory entries are organized alphabetically by State and City, with public collections listed first for each city, followed by private. (Due to privacy issues, modern private collections are not included). As in the original publications, the Canadian Provinces are found in a separate listing at the end of the directory. We would like to thank the hundreds of individuals who have contributed to this updated directory through their gathering and sharing of information regarding the whereabouts of pre- 1600 manuscripts in North American collections. To keep this information current, we ask that any updates or corrections be reported to us at [email protected]. Melissa Conway and Lisa Fagin Davis 1 Seymour de Ricci and W. J. Wilson, Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada (New York: American Council of Learned Societies, 1935) (repr. New York: Kraus Reprint Corp., 1961), and C. U. Faye and W.H. Bond, Supplement to the Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada (New York: The Bibliographical Society of America, 1962). Directory of Institutions in the United States and Canada with Pre-1600 Manuscript Holdings, by Melissa Conway and Lisa Fagin Davis - page 1 Directory of Collections in North America with Pre-1600 Manuscript Holdings Melissa Conway and Lisa Fagin Davis DRAFT, October 2007 Birmingham Museum of Art Holdings: The Census reported holdings of one 2000 8th Ave. N. codex. Birmingham, Alabama Relocation notes: This institution has been closed 35203-2278 since 1979, and the current location of the Phone: (205) 254-2566 manuscript described in the Census is unknown. Fax: (205) 254-2714 Bibliography: Census I:1. Website: http://www.artsbma.org/ Holdings: As of 15 November 2005, this collection Arizona State University reported holdings of one codex. Special Collections Relocation notes: P.O. Box 871006 Bibliography: Tempe, Arizona 85287-1006 * Medical Center Library Phone: (480) 965-6510 Birmingham, Alabama Fax: (480) 965-9169 Relocation notes: See the University of Alabama at Website: http://www.asu.edu/lib/speccoll Birmingham (Birmingham AL). Holdings: As of 24 October 2006, this collection Bibliography: Supplement p. 1. reported holdings of one codex and 20 leaves. Relocation notes: Samford University Bibliography: Special Collections 800 Lakeshore Dr. University of Arizona Birmingham, Alabama University of Arizona Libraries 35229 Special Collections Phone: (205) 726-4103 1510 E. University Blvd. Fax: (205) 726-6242 Tucson, Arizona Website: 85721-0055 http://library.samford.edu/about/special.html Phone: (520) 621-6423 Holdings: As 7 January 2006, this collection Fax: (520) 621-9733 reported holdings of three leaves. Website: Relocation notes: http://dizzy.library.arizona.edu/branches/spc/home Bibliography: page/index.html Holdings: As of 23 November 2005, this collection University of Alabama at Birmingham reported holdings of two codices. Reynolds Historical Library Relocation notes: 1700 University Blvd. Bibliography: Birmingham, Alabama 35294-0013 * Allsopp, Fred W. Phone: (205) 934-4475 Little Rock, Arkansas Fax: (205) 934-8476 Holdings: The Census and Supplement reported Website: http://www.uab.edu/reynolds/index.html holdings of three codices. Holdings: As of 11 January 2006 , this collection Relocation notes: reported holdings of six codices. No. 1 PB 3 December 1946, lot 149; Relocation notes: PB 21 April 1947, lot 386; Bibliography: Supplement p. 1 as the Medical Center Deposited by Philip Hofer at Harvard, Library. as MS Typ 102H; Given by Hofer to the Fitzwilliam Museum, * Saint Bernard College Cambridge, England, in 1957 Saint Bernard, Alabama No. 2 [untraced] No. 3 PB 4 February 1947, lot 147; Directory of Institutions in the United States and Canada with Pre-1600 Manuscript Holdings, by Melissa Conway and Lisa Fagin Davis - page 2 Acquired by Hannah (Mrs. Louis) Rabinowitz, Bibliography: Census I:3-7; II:2239-2240. Supplement (Sands Point, NY) pp. 1-6. Bibliography: Census I:2. Supplement p. 1. University of California-Berkeley Judah L. Magnes Museum Jean Gray Hargrove Music Library Blumenthal Rare Books and Manuscript Library Berkeley, California 2911 Russell St. 94720-6000 Berkeley, California Phone: (510) 642-2623 94705 Fax: (510) 642-8237 Phone: (510) 549-6950 Website: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MUSI/ Fax: (510) 849-3673 Holdings: As of 20 December 2005, this collection Website: http://www.magnesmuseum.org/ reported holdings of 47 manuscripts. Holdings: As of 4 January 2006, this collection Relocation notes: reported holdings of eight leaves. Bibliography: Relocation notes: Bibliography: University of California-Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall) University of California-Berkeley Robbins Collection Bancroft Library Berkeley, California Berkeley, California 94720 94720-6000 Phone: (510) 642-5095 Phone: (510) 642-6481 Fax: (510) 643-8770 Fax: (510) 642-7589 Website: Website: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/BANC/ http://www.law.berkeley.edu/library/robbins/ Holdings: As of 6 November 2005, this institution Holdings: As of 28 November 2005, this collection reported holdings of 225 codices and 734 leaves. reported holdings of 113 codices, 100 documents, Relocation notes: and 24 leaves. Hatfield, Henry R. (Berkeley, CA) Relocation notes: Ms 1 UCB 54 (not 31as in Suppl.) Griscom, Acton (High Point, NJ) Ms 2 UCB 52 (not 29 as in Suppl.) MS 16 Robbins MS 43 Honeyman, R. B., Jr (San Juan Capistrano, CA) Vollbehr, Otto (Wash., DC) Ms 25 (Math 2) UCB 164 Census I:505, no. 6 Robbins MS 7 Moffitt, James K. (San Francisco, CA) all at UCB Bibliography: Supplement p. 1. Krochalis/Preston p. Tatlock, Prof. John S. P. (Berkeley, CA) UCB 76 23. (not 66 as in Suppl.) Thompson, Prof. James W. (Chicago, IL) UCB 25 * Hatfield, Prof. Henry R. Bibliography: Census I:3-7 as The Library of the Berkeley, California University of California, Berkeley, CA; I:8-9 as The Holdings: The Census reported holdings of four Bancroft Library; II:2239-2240 as Berkeley, University codices and one leaf. of California. Supplement pp. 1-6 as The General Relocation notes: Library of the University of California, Berkeley, CA; No. 1 Univ. of California-Berkeley, pp. 6-9 as The Bancroft Library. Krochalis/Preston p. Bancroft Library UCB 54 22. William Mathewson Milliken, Pages from Medieval (not 31 as in the Supplement) and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts from the Xth to the No. 2 Univ. of California-Berkeley, Early XVIth Centuries: An Exhibition (Berkeley: Bancroft Library UCB 52 University of California, 1963). (not 29 as in the Supplement) The remaining items are untraced. * University of California-Berkeley Bibliography: Census I:10. Supplement p. 1 (no. 29) Library of the University of California or General and p. 2 (no. 31). Library Berkeley, California * Price, Miss Christine Relocation notes: See University of California- Berkeley, California Berkeley. Bancroft Library (Berkeley, CA). Holdings: The Census reported holdings of one codex. Directory of Institutions in the United States and Canada with Pre-1600 Manuscript Holdings, by Melissa Conway and Lisa Fagin Davis - page 2 Relocation notes: This manuscript is currently Tenner, 8 May 1984, lot 2 untraced. (not identified there as a Getz manuscript) Bibliography: Census I:10. Getz No. 18 Hertzberger Antiquariaat, 6 October 1964, nr. 105 * Tatlock, Prof. John Strong Perry Getz No. 22 Houghton fMS Lat 172 Berkeley, California Getz No. 23 Phyllis G. Gordon (NYC, NY), MS 47 Holdings: The Census and Supplement reported Getz No. 24 Dept. of Special Collections, holdings of one codex. University of Kansas (Lawrence, KS) MS E263. Relocation notes: Getz No. 26 later in Blass collection, Zurich Ms 1 Univ. of California-Berkeley, Bibliography: Census I:12-16, II:2240 - 2241. Bancroft Library UCB 76 Supplement p. 9. (not 66 as in the Supplement) Bibliography: Census I:11, II:2240. Supplement p. 9. * Edward Lawrence Doheny Memorial Library St. John’s Seminary Beverly Hills Public Library 5012 Seminary Rd. Fine Arts - Audio/Visual Department Camarillo, California 444 N. Rexford Dr. 93012 Beverly Hills, California Relocation notes: See Doheny, Estelle (Los Angeles, 90210 CA) Phone: (310) 288-2233 Bibliography: Supplement pp. 9-15. Fax: (310) 247-0536 Website: Edward Dean Museum of Decorative Arts http://www.beverlyhills.org/presence/connect/CoB 9401 Oak Glen Rd. H/Library/Library Riverside County Muse Holdings: As of 16 April 2006, this collection Cherry Valley, California reported holdings