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21. Add MS 22910-22911

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ORIGiNAL papers and correspondence of John Covel, D. D., Chaplain to the British Embassy at Constantinople, and Master of Christ's College, Cambridge; 17 Nov. 1655-29 Nov. 1748. Two volumes. Paper. Folio.
Scope & Content:
John Covel, alias Covell alias Colvill; Master of Christ's College, Cambridge: Journals, correspondence and papers of John Covel: 1655-1748: Partly Gr.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Old, French, Greek, Modern, Hebrew, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
17 Nov 1655-29 Nov 1748
Extent:
2 items

22. Add MS 26555-26621

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The papers of Dr. John Leyden [ob. 1811] and William Erskine were presented by C. J. Erskine, Esq.
Scope & Content:
Philology: Collections on Oriental philology, by Dr. Leyden and W. Erskine: 18th and 19th centt. India: Translations of historical and other works, and philological and other collections relating to India, by Dr. John Leyden and William Erskine: 18th and 19th centt.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Hebrew, Italian, Latin, and Portuguese
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
65 items

23. Add MS 26581

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MISCELLANEOUS translations from oriental literature by Dr. Leyden:- 1. Extracts, from Palladius on the nations of India and the Brahmans, ff. 2-9. 2. Translations from the Canara, Sanserit, Persian, Mahratta, etc., f. 10. 3. Jewish inscriptions near Cochin, in Malabar, with translations [c...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Hebrew, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1800-c 1805
Extent:
1 item

24. Add MS 27231

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1. "DIALOGO dos Montes, composto pelo doctissimo e clarissimo sr Hacham a-salem, morenu arab, Saul Levi Morteira, em Amsterdam, Anno 5406 [A.D. 1645];" a poem in the form of a dialogue between the mountains of the Holy Land and Jehoshaphat, King of Judah, with a pen-and-ink drawing. Portuguese and Hebrew. f 4. 2. "Repuesta a las objeciones con que el Sinense injustamente calumnia al Talmud. Compuesta por el muy docto señor Haham Saul Levi Mortera, en Amsterdam, Anno 5406" [A.D. 1645]. Span...
Scope & Content:
Lemuel de Casseres: Wrote: in the 18th cent. includes: f. 4 Saul Levi Mortera, Rabbi, of Amsterdam: Dialogo dos Montes,: 1645.: Portug. and Hebrew. f. 55 Talmud: Reply to Chinese objections to the Talmud, by Haham S. L. Mortera: 1645.: Span. f. 55 Saul Levi Mortera, Rabbi, of Amsterdam: Reply ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Hebrew, Portuguese, and Spanish
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

25. Add MS 29868

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COLLECTIONS relating to the Jews, by Emanuel Mendes da Costa, viz.:- 1. Fernão Mendes to his brother, Jorge Mendes da Costa, at Rome; London, 10/20 Apr. 1663. Portuguese. f. 1. 2. Letter from the Jews of London to the Jews in China; 1760. Hebrew. Copy. f. 2. 3. [Emanuel Mendes da Costa ?] to -, concerning the preceding letter; [1760]. Copy. f. 4. 4. The Jews of England to [the Jews in Western Africa?]; 1760. Arabic. Copy. f. 5. 5. Copies and translations of Jewish inscriptions and b...
Scope & Content:
Jews: Notes of Jewish antiquities and Jews in England, by E. Mendes da Costa: 18th cent. Emanuel Mendes da Costa, FRS; naturalist: Collections relating to the Jews: 18th cent. includes: f. 1 Fernao Mendes: Letter to J. Mendes da Costa: 1663.: Portug. f. 2 London, Parishes. St. Mary Aldermary:...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Hebrew, and Portuguese
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

26. Add MS 34652, ff 4-43

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A collection of single folios from manuscripts
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 4: Psalm 119: 88-106 with initials in blue, red or green, from a Psalter of the 12th century; f. 5: A miniature of the Crucifixion (f. 5r); a fragment of a Missal with prefaces for the feasts of the Holy Cross, the Apostles and the Blessed Virgin, late 12th century (f. 5v); f. 6...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Hebrew
Date Range:
1200-1500
Extent:
40 parchment folios, part of a codex

27. Add MS 38931-39164

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Title:
THE LAYARD PAPERS. CORRESPONDENCE and papers, private and official, of Sir Austen Henry Layard, P.C., G.C.B., D.C.L., the discoverer of Nineveh (b. 1817, d. 1894). From 1842 to 1845 he was unofficially employed on diplomatic missions by Sir S. Canning, afterw. (1852) Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe, British Ambassador at Constantinople; he was an unpaid attaché at the Embassy 1847-1849, and a paid attaché 1849-1852. His excavations in Assyria were begun in Oct. 1845 for Lord Stratford and co...
Scope & Content:
Sir Austen Henry Layard, GCB; diplomatist and archaeologist: Official and private correspondence and papers.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Hebrew, Italian, Latin, Persian, Spanish, Syriac, and Turkish
Date Range:
[19th century]
Extent:
248 items

28. Add MS 38987

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Scope & Content:
Vol. LVII (ff. 431). Dec. 1860- 1861. Sir Austen Henry Layard, GCB; diplomatist and archaeologist: Correspondence with Lord J. Russell: 1853-1871. John Russell, 1st Earl Russell; Prime Minister: Correspondence with Sir A. H. Layard: 1853-1871. includes: ff. 1, 25 Baron Henri de Triqueti: Let...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Hebrew, and Italian
Date Range:
Dec 1860-1861
Extent:
1 item

29. Add MS 38987-38996

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Title:
LAYARD PAPERS. Vols. LVI1-LXVI. General Correspondence (including minutes) of A. H. Layard during the years 1861-1869, while M.P. for Southwark, Parliamentary Under- Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs under (a) the 1st Earl Russell and (b) the 4th Earl of Clarendon, and First Commissioner of Works (Dec. 1868-Oct. 1869). Some drafts of his replies are among the letters. The volumes from 38992, f. 164, onwards include a long correspondence relating to the erection of the Albert Memorial in...
Scope & Content:
Victoria of England: Correspondence and papers of Sir A. H. Layard as Under Sec. for Foreign Affairs, First Commissioner of Works, etc.: 1852-1869.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Hebrew, Italian, Spanish, and Syriac
Date Range:
1861-1869
Extent:
10 items

30. Add MS 42102-42108

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Title:
JOURNALS and note-books of John Hyde whilst travelling in Egypt, the Near East and India; 1818-1825. The author, who describes himself as 'of Manchester' (42103, f. 55b), set out from London 27 Sept. 1818, and died of cholera at Moorshedabad in Bengal, 24 Apr. 1825 (42106, f. 222, and Gentleman's Magazine, 1825, p. 478). Extracts from his correspondence have been added to the first volume in order to supplement a lost volume of the journals. This addition and various notes of contents, etc.,...
Scope & Content:
Voyages and Travels: Journals and note-books of J. Hyde in Egypt, the Near East and India: 1818-1825. John Hyde, of Manchester: Journals and note-books of his travels in Egypt, the Near East and India: 1818-1825.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, Greek, Modern, Hebrew, and Latin
Date Range:
1818-1825
Extent:
7 items

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