Arthur Patch McKinlay Collection of Arator Manuscripts, 1500-1900

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Summary

Creators:
McKinlay, Arthur Patch, 1871-1958
Abstract:
Arthur Patch McKinlay (1871-1958) was a professor of Latin at the Latin department at Lincoln High School, the University of California at Berkeley (1913), UCLA (1919-1941), and at the University of Texas (1943-44). He was known by his literary research, which dealt with parallels between ancient and modern times. Boxes 1-8, 24-27 include photostatic reproductions of manuscript copies (9th-14th centuries) of the works of Arator, subdeacon in Rome (fl. 513-544).
Extent:
26 boxes (13.0 linear ft.) 1 oversize box
Language:
English.

Background

Scope and content:

Boxes 1-8, 24-27 include photostatic reproductions of manuscript copies (9th-14th centuries) of the works of Arator, subdeacon in Rome (fl. 513-544).

Expanded Scope and Content Note

The McKinlay Collection of Arator Manuscripts consists of photostatic reproductions, gathered by Professor Emeritus Arthur Patch McKinlay, of manuscript copies (9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th and 14th Centuries) of the works of Arator, subdeacon in Rome (fl. 513-544). Originals were, before World War II, located in various libraries of Austria, Belgium, England, France, Germany, Holland, Italy, and Switzerland. Some of the originals, as at Monte Cassino, may have been destroyed.

For a guide to this material, see: Arator, the codices, ed. by Arthur Patch McKinlay (Cambridge, Massachusetts, The Medieval Academy of America, 1942.) This guide contains a description of the codices, a hand list of codices by number, a handlist of codices containing Arator by centuries, a hand list of codices by locale, an index of authors and subjects, a discusiion of the place of Arator in medieval culture as may be gathered from the manuscripts, and 37 plates.

Descriptions which follow are arranged in the order of Professor McKinlay's guide and are numbered for identification in the guide. Sections following 116/46 contain photostatic copies of the printed editions of Arator.

Biographical / historical:

McKinlay was born on April 8, 1871 in Osborn, Missouri; AB, University of Oregon, 1893; AM (1904) and Ph.D (1906), Harvard; assistant professor in Latin, University of Oregon (1902-3) and University of Idaho (1906-7); headed Latin department at Lincoln High School, Portland, Oregon (1907-12); instructor in Latin and Greek, University of California at Berkeley (1913); chairman, department of languages, Lincoln High School (1914-19); assistant professor (1919-26); associate professor (1926-29), professor (1929-41), and professor emeritus of Latin, UCLA; professor of Latin and Greek, University of Texas (1943-44); he was known by his literary research, which dealt with parallels between ancient and modern times; wrote articles for the Harvard Studies in Classical Philology series with emphasis on Arator, and wrote a series of articles on the classical attitude to drinking and sobriety; also translated letters of Cicero, published 3 books of his own sonnets, and edited Arator: the codices and Arator - de actibus apostolorum; died in Los Angeles, California on September 8, 1958.

Physical location:
Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.

Access and use

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
Contact:
(310) 825-4988
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