Jeffrey Ekins / en ‘Very inconsiderable exceptg that they are the Hand writing of so great a Man’: The Provenance of Isaac Newton’s Manuscripts at ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ, Oxford /very-inconsiderable-exceptg-they-are-hand-writing-so-great-man-provenance-isaac-newtons-manuscripts ‘Very inconsiderable exceptg that they are the Hand writing of so great a Man’: The Provenance of Isaac Newton’s Manuscripts at ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ, Oxford Frederik Dhondt Issue number (2023): 19 Notes category Isaac Newton Jeffrey Ekins Arthur Ashley Sykes Library Manuscripts MS 361 MS 361/1 MS 361/2 MS 361/3 MS 361/4

In 1872 a set of Issac Newton’s manuscripts was bequeated to ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ, Oxford by the Reverend Jeffrey Ekins. Although Newton scholars were well aware of this collection, its provenance is shrouded in mystery.

 

²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Library, Oxford, MS 361/2, f. 45v [detail]

 

²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Library and Archives, Oxford
19NCN5 (2023) Dhondt on Provenance.pdf1.45 MB ]]> Mon, 31 Jul 2023 13:35:04 +0000 Christopher 2765 at Seeing the Light: Being the story of Sir Isaac Newton’s prisms and papers and the means by which they came to ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ /node/1631 Seeing the Light: Being the story of Sir Isaac Newton’s prisms and papers and the means by which they came to ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Jason Morgan Issue number (2018): 09 Notes category Library Manuscript MS361/2 MS361/4 Archives NCA2844 Isaac Newton Jeffrey Ekins Newton bequest

Isaac Newton’s sketch of his experiment
with a camera obscura and two prisms

²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Library, MS 361/2
9NCN10 (2018) Morgan on Seeing the Light.pdf1.09 MB ]]> Tue, 12 Jun 2018 08:03:37 +0000 Sam 1631 at