Archief FIEL - Papers of Frederick Field

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FIEL

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Papers of Frederick Field

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  • c. 1819-c. 1885 (Vervaardig)

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12 boxes; paper

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Naam van de archiefvormer

Field, Frederick (1801-1885), patristics scholar
(1801-1885)

Biografie

Frederick Field was born in London on 20 July 1801, the son of Henry and Esther Field. After attending Christ's Hospital, he matriculated at Trinity College, Cambridge in 1819, and graduated as tenth wrangler, Chancellor's classical medallist, and Tyrwhitt's Hebrew scholar. He was elected a Fellow of Trinity in 1824, but did not teach, although he served twice as classical tripos examiner and took private pupils. He was ordained in 1828, and combined parochial work with academic work for many years. In 1842 he was presented with the living (in Trinity's gift) of Reepham, in Norfolk. His academic work was in the field of biblical and patristic studies, and his first work, an edition of Chrysostom's 'Homilies on St Matthew' was published in 1839, and was followed by an edition of Chrysostom's 'Homilies on St Paul's Epistles' (1845-62). In 1863 he resigned his living to devote his time to his work on an edition of the fragments of Origen's 'Hexapla' published in two volumes, 1867-1874. While working on the fragments he also published a pamphlet entitled 'Otium Norvicense' in 1864 with three more parts published in 1876, 1881, and (posthumously) in 1887, which served as a synthesis of his research into readings of the Greek text of the Old and New testaments. In part 4 he claimed to have been the first person to reintroduce the ancient interpretation of Mark 7: 18 which was adopted in the Revised Version of 1881. He died 19 April 1881 in Norwich, survived by his sister.

This summary owes much to Joanna Hawke's biography of Field in the Dictionary of National Biography.

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Trinity College Library, Cambridge

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The collection has not yet been processed, and items may be arranged in a different order in future.

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The papers consist primarily of writings and notes, with a few printed items and letters documenting Frederick Field's studies at Cambridge as a student in the 1820s and his later work as a biblical scholar. The student notes include essays and notebooks on various subjects, including the Greek dramatic poets, mechanics, and a 'Syllabus of Newton'. Later work includes extensive notes on the books of the Bible in notebooks and in folded fascicles, notes on Chrysostom's Homilies, holograph manuscripts of his 'Origenis Hexaplorum quae supersunt' and 'Otium Norvicensi' part 3, which is also represented by printed sheets with manuscript annotations. Amongst the many other miscellaneous items are indexing slips and a notebook containing a list of subscribers to a unidentified volume.

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NOTE. These papers have not yet been catalogued, but small quantities can be made available for consultation provided at least a fortnight's notice is given. It may be that some items, owing to their contents or condition, cannot yet be produced. Please contact the Library for further details.

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    There are a number of items in the Library's Adversaria Collection:
    A collection of manuscript notes on the subject of the Old Testament, some by or relating to F. Field, Adv.b.12.10.
    A collection of letters, offprints and manuscript notes, some by or relating to F. Field. Adv.b.12.11
    The Old Testament, with proposed corrections by F. Field. Adv.a.12.1-7
    New Testament in Greek. Adv.d.12.3

    Field's letters appear in a variety of locations in the collections:
    O.17.1/190
    ADD.Ms.c.1/98
    W. Aldis Wright miscellaneous letters ADD.Ms.c.69/46-55
    W. Aldis Wright Bible Revision ADD.Ms.b.63/13
    ADD.Ms.b.64/37-41
    ADD.Ms.b.65/87-89, 235-9.
    Letter to William Carus, 8 May 1876: ADD.Ms.b.113/13
    The Houghton Papers
    An imposition paper meted out by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Undergraduates, for absence from Chapel [1838] is housed as C.13.75.

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        Collection level description created by Diana Smith in June 2019.

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