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After the death of his only son, John Tradescant the younger seems to have considered various ways of disposing of his collections so as to maintain them intact after his own death. In 1659 he settled them by deed of gift upon Elias Ashmole, but two years later tried to neutralize the gift by a will bequeathing them to his wife, with instructions to her to leave them to the University of either Oxford or Cambridge.
Upon Tradescant's death Ashmole instituted a successful suit in Chancery against Mrs. Tradescant for the possession of the collections, and in 1677 offered them himself to the Uni versity upon condition that a building should be erected to contain them. In the following year a fire in Ashmole's'
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After the death of his only son, John Tradescant the younger seems to have considered various ways of disposing of his collections so as to maintain them intact after his own death. In 1659 he settled them by deed of gift upon Elias Ashmole, but two years later tried to neutralize the gift by a will bequeathing them to his wife, with instructions to her to leave them to the University of either Oxford or Cambridge.
Upon Tradescant's death Ashmole instituted a successful suit in Chancery against Mrs. Tradescant for the possession of the collections, and in 1677 offered them himself to the Uni versity upon condition that a building should be erected to contain them. In the following year a fire in Ashmole's'
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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This Guide is designed to meet the needs of visitors who are not specialists. All the collections are unusually fully labelled, and it is not proposed to repeat labels here, but to supplement them. It is the work of several hands. The Greek and Graeco-Roman collections have been dealt with by Dr. Percy Gardner, Lincoln and Merton Professor of Classical Art and Archaeology; the Egyptian sculpture by Mr. F.Li. Griffith, University Reader in Egyptology, who has also written most of the Introduction to the Egyptian section on the First Floor; the rest of the Egyptian collections by Miss M.A. Murray, Curator of the Edwards Museum. The Prehistoric sections are by Mr. E. T. Leeds, Assistant-Keeper, with the exception of the Aegean section, which has been written by the Keeper of the Antiquarium, Mr.D. G. Hogarth. The latter is also responsible for the West Asiatic section, with the exception of the pages on Mesopotamian cylinders, contributed by Mr. L. W. King, of the British Museum. Mr. Leeds has written further on the Mediaeval Room, and the Roman, British, Saxon, and Romano-Egyptian collections. The whole of the Fine Art collections, including those in the Fortnum Renaissance Hall, are described by the Keeper of that department, Mr. C. F. Bell, who has also contributed the Introduction, the note on the Building, and the description of the Tradescant Lobby. The Prehistoric sections have been revised in proof by Dr. A. J. Evans, Honorary Keeper; and the whole has been edited by the present Keeper of the Ashmolean.
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