Georgetown University LogoGeorgetown University Library LogoDigitalGeorgetown Home
    • Login
    View Item 
    •   DigitalGeorgetown Home
    • Digital and Special Collections @ Georgetown University
    • Manuscripts Collections
    • Manuscripts Collections Finding Aids
    • View Item
    •   DigitalGeorgetown Home
    • Digital and Special Collections @ Georgetown University
    • Manuscripts Collections
    • Manuscripts Collections Finding Aids
    • View Item
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

    Catholic School manuscript book collection

    Finding Aid Icon
    View full Finding Aid
    Creator
    Georgetown University Manuscripts
    Georgetown University Library Booth Family Center for Special Collections
    Repository
    DigitalGeorgetown
    Manuscripts Collection, Georgetown University Library, Booth Family Center for Special Collections, Washington, D.C.
    Description
    The Catholic School Manuscript Book Collection consists of sixty-two bound manuscript volumes, mostly of academic or devotional nature. The volumes have been grouped into five series by subject matter, due to the lack of other unifying characteristics: Series I, Theology and Philosophy; Series II, Mathematics, Science and Rhetoric; Series III, History, Literature and Law; Series IV, Devotional and Religious Works; Series V, Various School Texts. Although the Series divisions seem somewhat arbitrary, the present separation is based upon a loose hierarchy founded on the importance of the disciplines involved (using, in general, a nineteenth-century Jesuit point of view), or upon the seriousness of the particular text. For the purposes of this division, Rhetoric covers composition, oratory and general literary studies; these texts make up part of the Second Series. Strictly grammatical texts and manuscript translations, however, are found in Series III. Also in the third Series, history is used in its broadest sense and includes biography. Finally, the rather subtle division between theological and religious works attempts to separate the theoretical and doctrinal texts, found in Series I, from the polemical or apologetic works, and from rules for religious observance and prayer books. These latter volumes make up Series IV. Extent of Collection: 62 volumes in 8 boxes 3.75 linear feet Provenance: listed in each volume description; Most from Georgetown College Library and Riggs Library collections Date Span: 1557 to 1876 Processed: 1 May 1985 by James Helminski Note: Click on "External Documents" below for a link to the finding aid for the collection.
    Permanent Link
    http://hdl.handle.net/10822/1051591
    Date
    1557-1876
    Rights
    Rights Note
    For more information about copyright for materials within DigitalGeorgetown, please consult https://www.library.georgetown.edu/copyright/digitalgeorgetown.
    Subject
    Catholic Church
    Type
    Finding Aid
    Collections
    • Manuscripts Collections Finding Aids
    Metadata
    Show full item record

    Related items

    Showing items related by title, author, creator and subject.

    • MacManus, Seumas, Family Collection

      MacManus, Seumas, Family Collection 

      Georgetown University Library Booth Family Center for Special Collections Center; Georgetown University Manuscripts (1907)
    Related Items in Google Scholar

    Georgetown University Seal
    ©2009 - 2023 Georgetown University Library
    37th & O Streets NW
    Washington DC 20057-1174
    202.687.7385
    digitalscholarship@georgetown.edu
    Accessibility
     

     

    Browse

    All of DigitalGeorgetownCommunities & CollectionsCreatorsTitlesBy Creation DateThis CollectionCreatorsTitlesBy Creation Date

    My Account

    Login

    Statistics

    View Usage Statistics

    Georgetown University Seal
    ©2009 - 2023 Georgetown University Library
    37th & O Streets NW
    Washington DC 20057-1174
    202.687.7385
    digitalscholarship@georgetown.edu
    Accessibility