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'''James Patrick Ronaldson Lyell''' (1871–1948) was a solicitor, author, book collector, and bibliographer.<ref>Rhodes, Dennis E. "[https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-48206 Lyell, James Patrick Ronaldson.]" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Bibliograhy'' 23 September 2004.</ref>
He began to collect books in 1889 and was especially interested in Spanish books. He wrote a biography of Cardinal [[Francisco Jimenez de Cisneros]], archbishop of Toledo, <ref>Lyell, James Patrick Ronaldson. 1917. ''Cardinal Ximenes : Statesman, Ecclesiastic, Soldier and Man of Letters''. London: Grafton & Co.</ref> and ''Early Book Illustration in Spain.''<ref>Lyell, James P. R., and Konrad Haebler. 1926. ''Early Book Illustration in Spain''. London: Grafton & Co.</ref>
Lyell acquired medieval manuscripts and bequeathed 100 to the Bodleian Library<ref>Bodleian Library (Oxford), James Patrick Ronaldson Lyell, and Albinia Catherine De La Mare. 1971. ''Catalogue of the Collection of Medieval Manuscripts Bequeathed to the Bodleian Library, Oxford by James P. R. Lyell.'' Oxford: Clarendon Press.</ref> <ref>J. P. R. Lyell, ‘Books and book collecting’, ''Bodleian Library Record'' 3 (1950–51), 278–281.</ref>
The Lyell readership in bibliography, known as the [[Lyell Lectures]], was established at Oxford in his will.<ref>[https://visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/the-lyell-lectures The Lyell Lectures].</ref> After his death, Keeper of the Western Manuscripts at the [[Bodleian Library]], [[Richard William Hunt]], writing of the Lyell bequest noted, "he was a self-taught bibliophile and scholar of extraordinary enthusiasm and discrimination, and one who deserves to be remembered not only by Oxford but by the whole bibliographical world." <ref>R. W. Hunt, ‘The Lyell bequest’, ''Bodleian Library Record'', 3 (1950–51), 68–72.</ref>
The Lyell Lectures are considered to be a major British bibliographical lecture series.<ref name="Bowman2012">{{cite book |author=Bowman, J.H. |title=British Librarianship and Information Work 2001–2005 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gfeiJ0SoeGAC&pg=PA157 |date=1 Oct 2012 |publisher=Ashgate |isbn=978-1-4094-8506-3 |page=157}}</ref>
==References==
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[[Category:Book and manuscript collectors]]
[[Category:English bibliographers]]
[[Category:English book and manuscript collectors]]
[[Category:Lecture series at the University of Oxford]]
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'''James Patrick Ronaldson Lyell''' (1871–1948) was a solicitor, author, book collector, and bibliographer.<ref>Rhodes, Dennis E. "[https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-48206 Lyell, James Patrick Ronaldson.]" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Bibliograhy'' 23 September 2004.</ref>
He began to collect books in 1889 and was especially interested in Spanish books. He wrote a biography of Cardinal [[Francisco Jimenez de Cisneros]], archbishop of Toledo, <ref>Lyell, James Patrick Ronaldson. 1917. ''Cardinal Ximenes : Statesman, Ecclesiastic, Soldier and Man of Letters''. London: Grafton & Co.</ref> and ''Early Book Illustration in Spain.''<ref>Lyell, James P. R., and Konrad Haebler. 1926. ''Early Book Illustration in Spain''. London: Grafton & Co.</ref>
Lyell acquired medieval manuscripts and bequeathed 100 to the Bodleian Library<ref>Bodleian Library (Oxford), James Patrick Ronaldson Lyell, and Albinia Catherine De La Mare. 1971. ''Catalogue of the Collection of Medieval Manuscripts Bequeathed to the Bodleian Library, Oxford by James P. R. Lyell.'' Oxford: Clarendon Press.</ref> <ref>J. P. R. Lyell, ‘Books and book collecting’, ''Bodleian Library Record'' 3 (1950–51), 278–281.</ref>
The Lyell readership in bibliography, known as the [[Lyell Lectures]], was established at Oxford in his will.<ref>[https://visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/the-lyell-lectures The Lyell Lectures].</ref> After his death, Keeper of the Western Manuscripts at the [[Bodleian Library]], [[Richard William Hunt]], writing of the Lyell bequest noted, "he was a self-taught bibliophile and scholar of extraordinary enthusiasm and discrimination, and one who deserves to be remembered not only by Oxford but by the whole bibliographical world." <ref>R. W. Hunt, ‘The Lyell bequest’, ''Bodleian Library Record'', 3 (1950–51), 68–72.</ref>
The Lyell Lectures are considered to be a major British bibliographical lecture series.<ref name="Bowman2012">{{cite book |author=Bowman, J.H. |title=British Librarianship and Information Work 2001–2005 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gfeiJ0SoeGAC&pg=PA157 |date=1 Oct 2012 |publisher=Ashgate |isbn=978-1-4094-8506-3 |page=157}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Book and manuscript collectors]]
[[Category:English bibliographers]]
[[Category:English book and manuscript collectors]]
[[Category:Lecture series at the University of Oxford]]
Okumaya devam et...