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 New College, Oxford

Frederik Dhondt
Issue number
(2023): 19

In 1872 a set of Issac Newton’s manuscripts was bequeated to New College, 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