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 New ÁñÁ«ÊÓÆµ, Oxford /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%20ÁñÁ«ÊÓÆµ%20Library%2C%20Oxford%2C%20MS%20361-2%2C%20f.%2045v.jpg.webp?itok=e46rBqLK" width="655" height="435" alt="New ÁñÁ«ÊÓÆµ 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 New ÁñÁ«ÊÓÆµ, 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 New ÁñÁ«ÊÓÆµ, 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>New ÁñÁ«ÊÓÆµ Library, Oxford, MS 361/2, f. 45v [detail]</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h5><strong>New ÁñÁ«ÊÓÆµ 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 Seeing the Light: Being the story of Sir Isaac Newton’s prisms and papers and the means by which they came to New ÁñÁ«ÊÓÆµ /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, New ÁñÁ«ÊÓÆµ 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 New ÁñÁ«ÊÓÆµ </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>New ÁñÁ«ÊÓÆµ 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