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

‘Very inconsiderable exceptg that they are the Hand writing of so great a Man’: The Provenance of Isaac Newton’s Manuscripts at Ï㽶ֱ²¥, Oxford

Frederik Dhondt
Issue number
(2023): 19

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

 

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

 

New College Library and Archives, Oxford