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1. Add Ch 67394

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Title:
Testimony by Friar John Bradfield and others of a deathbed statement by William of Lener concerning the divorce of Robert Pilkington of Rovington and Alice of Astley
Scope & Content:
Friar John Bradfield, Robert of Hebton, William Brechton of Ekygan and John Fogg of Bradshaw testify that they heard William of Lener on his deathbed say that, when Alice of Hulton lay dying, he heard Richard French of Bolton say that the divorce between Robert of Pilkington of Rovington and Ali...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and English, Middle
Date Range:
1447
Extent:
1 leaf

2. Add MS 5220

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Title:
‘Drawings of animals, monsters, skeletons, etc.’ from the collection of Sir Hans Sloane, by different hands
Scope & Content:
Album of drawings by miscellaneous hands and of differing origin and date. The pages are not numbered. The drawings are listed as numbered items in pencil (1928). Folio number refers to the digital foliation. [f. 1] 1. Drawings of fish; pen, ink and wash; signed bottom right ‘HG fecit’; Insc...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
16th century-18th century
Extent:
1 volume (42 drawings)

3. Add MS 5262

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Title:
Drawings of shells, crustaceans and fish by Everard Kick, George Jago and others
Scope & Content:
176 drawings executed in a variety of techniques, some of which are signed and dated. The drawings are executed on paper or parchment and pasted down on the folios of the manuscript. Summary description of contents: 1-7. Ink and grey wash studies of various types of fish with their name and a b...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Early 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (176 items)

4. Add MS 5272

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Title:
Drawings of amphibians and reptiles by Eleazar Albin and others
Scope & Content:
Drawings of reptiles and amphibians executed in a variety of techniques, primarily watercolour, pencil, ink and chalk. The only exceptions are items 21 and 60, which are etchings. Various drawings bear inscriptions in English, some of which are abbreviated cross-references to James Petiver's Gaz...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (60 items)

5. Add MS 5304

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Title:
Chinese drawings of plants, with their Chinese names
Scope & Content:
In 6 parts, bound in traditional Chinese reading order, from right to left. Part 1: 96 drawings. Part 2: 103 drawings. Part 3: 102 drawings. Part 4: 101 drawings. Part 5: 101 drawings. Part 6: 97 drawings. Public Domain in most countries other than the UK. Digitised with support from the Oak S...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
Late 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

6. Add MS 6940

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Title:
Ardā vīrāf nāmah اردا ویراف نامه by Zartusht Bahrām
Scope & Content:
The Ardā vīrāf nāmah (اردا ویراف نامه), a poetical version in Persian by Zartusht Bahrām ibn Pazhdū of the book of Ardā Vīrāf, based on a Pahlavi original of the 9th/10th century describing Arda Viraf's journey through heaven and hell and his return home afterwards. Copied by the Rev. John Hadd...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
Early 19th century
Extent:

Codex; ff. ii+64+i

7. Add MS 10037

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Title:
Jane Segar, The Divine Prophecies of the Ten Sibills
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains The Divine Prophecies of the Ten Sibills, written and illuminated by Jane Segar, sister of the Elizabethan herald and officer of arms Sir William Segar (b. c. 1554, d. 1633) and the courtier and painter Francis Segar (b. 1563, d. 1615). Jane presented the volume to Eliza...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1589
Extent:
1 volume

8. Add MS 12219

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Title:
Incidental music to Macbeth, which has been attributed to John Eccles
Scope & Content:
Incidental music to Macbeth, with symphonies and accompaniments for serpent and other instruments, in score, in the same hand as the Ode by John Eccles in Add MS 31456, and apparently autograph. In Add MS 29378, consisting almost entirely of works by Eccles, the composition of this music (ff. 57-...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 17th century
Extent:
1 volume (42 folios)

9. Add MS 14399

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Title:
A collection of mostly English songs, as well as some lute music, cantatas and duets
Scope & Content:
passim. Songs for a treble voice, with a bass figured for harpsichord; except in no. 13, which is unaccompanied. Nos. 1-7 are in the hand of Matthew Lock. 1. 'Cupid once, when weary grown.' By Pelham Humfrey. [In , 1679.] f. 4b. 2. 'Cloris, qui domptetout le nionde.' Anonymous. f. 5b. 3. 'Hark, ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
2nd half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

10. Add MS 15117

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Title:
A collection, mostly comprising compositions for the lute, as well as songs, anthems, madrigals, duets, and an extract from an opera, all with lute accompaniment. This volume also contains a quartet, and an index to 'The Psalmes of David in Meter'.
Scope & Content:
ff. 2, 2b, 8b. Compositions for Lute; after 1614. 1. 'Almaine.' 'Candishe' (? = M. Cavendish). f. 2. 2, 3. Two pieces, without names. Anonymous. f. 2. 4. 'Curranto.' f. 2b. 5. 'Ut re my fa sol la.' 'Dyomedes' [of Venice, lutenist to Sigismund II, of Poland]. f. 8b. f. 3. 'Awake, ye wofull weig...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
after 1599
Extent:
1 volume

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