Harry Lawrence Bradfer-Lawrence
Harry Lawrence Bradfer-Lawrence (1 April 1887 – 19 October 1965) was an antiquarian with a particular interest in Norfolk and Yorkshire, England.
Biography
He started a successful career as a Land-agent in Norfolk, interrupted only by the
Historical interests
He was elected to the Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society in 1914, and during his years in that county contributed a number of articles to its journal Norfolk Archaeology as well as serving as a member of the Council of that Society. His association continued as vice-president until his death. Photographs taken in Norfolk by Bradfer-Lawrence are held in the
Elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London in 1924, as Treasurer for twenty years from 1944, Bradfer-Lawrence greatly improved the Society's financial position.
Bradfer-Lawrence quickly became interested in the
He was to maintain a lively interest in all matters antiquarian and was to build a remarkable collection of charters, seals, manuscripts and books; it comes as no surprise to note he was a member of the exclusive Roxburghe Club.
Bradfer-Lawrence must have taken a great interest in the sale by auction of two 15th century works printed by William Caxton, by the Ripon Cathedral Library in 1960, for he was able to have—presumably unique—photographic facsimiles made up for his own library.
Both the
References
- ISBN 978-1398109421.
- ^ Digitisation, Courtauld (30 June 2020). "Who made the Conway Library?". Digital Media. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
- ^ "Bradfer-Lawrence Collection - Norfolk Record Office Online Catalogue". nrocatalogue.norfolk.gov.uk. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
- ^ "Harry Lawrence Bradfer-Lawrence Papers - Norfolk Record Office Online Catalogue". nrocatalogue.norfolk.gov.uk. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
- ^ "H L BRADFER-LAWRENCE COLLECTION - Library | University of Leeds". explore.library.leeds.ac.uk. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
- ^ H. L. Bradfer-Lawrence Collection. <persname>Bradfer-Lawrence, H L, 1887-1965, antiquarian of Ripon, West Riding of Yorkshire</persname>.
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: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ Giles, Phyllis M. (1973). "A Handlist of the Bradfer-Lawrence Manuscripts Deposited on Loan at the Fitzwilliam Museum". Transactions of the Cambridge Bibliographical Society. 6 (2): 86 – via JSTOR.
- ^ "Collections Online | British Museum". www.britishmuseum.org. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
- ^ "Gospel Book: MS 45-1980". The Fitzwilliam Museum. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
- ISBN 978-0-521-33211-8.
- ^ "Breviary, of Franciscan Use, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum". Sotheby's.
- ^ "An Early Breton Gospel Book. A Ninth-Century Manuscript from the Collection of H. L. Bradfer-Lawrence". Bernard Quaritch Ltd - Rare books, manuscripts & photographs. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
- Obituary by R.W. Ketton-Cremerin Norfolk Archaeology Vol. 84 (1966–69)
- Obituary in The Antiquaries Journal Vol.46 (1966)