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1952. Add MS 4855
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 4855
- Title:
- LIFE OF JOHN BELL, hosier and naturalist, of Fish Street Hill, London (b. 1736, d. 1770), by his brother, Jacob Bell, who presented it (together with two memorial medals, one of which is now in the Department of Coins and Medals; the whereabouts of the other are unknown) 11 Sept. 1772
- Scope & Content:
- Paper; ff. i+6. Small quarto. Circa A.D. 1772. John Bell, d 1770 hosier and naturalist: Life of, by his brother, Jacob: 1772.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- c 1772
- Extent:
- 1 item
1953. Add MS 4856
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 4856
- Title:
- Transferred
- Scope & Content:
- Transferred to the Department of Oriental Manuscripts and Printed Books.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- Unspecified
- Extent:
- 1 item
1954. Add MS 4857-4900
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 4857-4900
- Title:
- BANKS COLLECTION
- Scope & Content:
- Collections, mostly in Icelandic and relating to Iceland, presented by Sir Joseph Banks, 1767-1781. Banks visited Iceland in 1772 and brought back a collection of printed books and MSS. which he presented to the British Museum on 3 December 1772. The MSS. may be identified from a 'Catalogue of B...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Danish, English, French, German, Icelandic, Italian, Latin, and Low German
- Date Range:
- [1160-1799]
- Extent:
- 44 items
1955. Add MS 4901
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 4901
- Title:
- Transferred
- Scope & Content:
- Transferred to the Department of Coins and Medals, British Museum.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- Unspecified
- Extent:
- 1 item
1956. Add MS 4902
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 4902
- Title:
- WHITELOCKE PAPERS
- Scope & Content:
- 'A Journall of the Swedish Ambassy in the yeares 1653 & 1654 Impartially written by the Ambassadour' (i.e. the English Ambassador to Sweden, Bulstrode Whitelocke). Autograph. Published in 1772 by Dr. Charles Morton; another edition was published in 1855 by Henry Reeve. For some additional ma...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1653-1654
- Extent:
- 1 item
1957. Add MS 4903
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 4903
- Title:
- LETTERS TO QUEEN ANNE, from the Elector of Hanover, the Duke of Savoy, etc.; 1701-1714
- Scope & Content:
- French. The names of the writers are to be found in the Index of the present Catalogue. Paper. ff. 141. Folio. 1701-1714. Presented by Dr. Charles Morton, 2 July 1774. Anne of England: Letters to: 1700-1714. includes: ff. 2, 20, 28, 42, 61-134 passim Hanover, Electors of. George Louis (afte...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and French
- Date Range:
- 1701-1714
- Extent:
- 1 item
1958. Add MS 4904
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 4904
- Title:
- STATUTES OF ENGLAND from 1 Edw. III to 14 Hen. VI, in chronological order (with one or two slight exceptions), principally in French
- Scope & Content:
- The contents are generally the same as two other MSS. which cover the same period, i.e. Lansdowne MS. 468 and Stowe MS. 387. Vellum; ff. 464 (in 58 gatherings of 8 leaves). Octavo. XV cent. Presented by Dr. Samuel Musgrave, 1 Mar. 1776. Law OF ENGLAND: Statutes: 1327-1436, 15th cent.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 15th century
- Extent:
- 1 item
1959. Add MS 4906
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 4906
- Title:
- 'LES CL PSEAUMES, Mis en rime françoise, comme on les chante en l'église chrestienne': the version of Clément Marot and Théodore Béza, including 'Les Commandements de Dieu'(f. 307), and 'Le Cantique de Simeon' (f. 308), with an alphabetical list of the first lines of the Psalms
- Scope & Content:
- Paper; ff. 314. Quarto. Late XVI cent. Belonged to — Legerne in 1666 (note of ownership on f. 2b). On f. 1 occur the names of Le Maire de Rosinhol and Marie Le Maire du Corbeth. Presented by Mrs. Matthew Maty, 8 Nov. 1776. Clément Marot, d 1544 French poet: 'Les CL Pseaumes': late 16th cent. B...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- Late 16th century
- Extent:
- 1 item
1960. Add MS 4907
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 4907
- Title:
- ON CANON LAW AND PROCEDURE, etc., in Latin
- Scope & Content:
- TRACTS (1) The 'Summa de matrimonio' of Raymundus de Peñaforte (first printed in Rome in 1603). Imperfect at the beginning as chapters 1-6 are wanting. The text begins in the middle of chapter 7, 'De cognatione spirituali' and ends 'corrigat et emendat'. ff. 2-15. (2) Tract on legal procedur...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Latin
- Date Range:
- Mid 13th century
- Extent:
- 1 item