Black, William Henry, 1808-1872 (antiquary and assistant keeper of the Record Office)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1808 - 1872
Biography
William Henry Black (1808–1872), the antiquary and assistant keeper at the newly established Public Record Office, was the eldest son of John Black of Kintore, in Aberdeenshire. He was a prolific contributer to antiquarian journals, served on the council of the Society of Antiquaries of London and was an early member of the British Archaeological Association. Black held strong religious views and in 1840, was ordained as a Seventh-Day Baptist minister.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
MS 180: Alexandreis by Walter of Châtillon [incomplete], 13th century
Item
Identifier: MS 180
Contents
MS 180 contains a part of the Alexandreis, an epic poem by twelfth-century author, Walter of Châtillon. Walter's epic of Alexander the Great is written in hexameter verse and became a popular text in the Middle Ages. Written in the 1180s after Walter returned to France following his degree in law at the university of Bologna, the Alexandreis was requested by William, Archbishop of Rheims. This connection is explicit in the...
Dates:
13th century